عنوان

The Abuse of Religion and Ecology:

شماره

LA129863

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Abuse of Religion and Ecology:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the Visha Hindu Parishad and Tehri Dam

نام نخستين پديدآور

Emma Mawdsley

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

"A number of commentators have suggested various cautions and caveats about assuming a positive relationship between Hinduism and the environment. The main points of contention are the limitations of textual exegesis; the environmentally damaging consequences of some Hindu beliefs and practices; and questions over whether any religion provides an adequate or appropriate basis from which to address contemporary environmental challenges. This paper explores a rather different and very problematic relationship that is being drawn, by some, between Hinduism and the environment. It focuses on the recent involvement of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) in protests against Tehri Dam. Neglecting the social and environmental problems that motivate other protestors, the VHP has sought to frame the dam as a communal issue-a threat by "outsiders"/Muslims to the holy river Ganges, and "therefore" to the Hindu religion, and "thus" the nation. The paper argues that, in the context of an increasingly aggressive Hindu nationalism, environmental issues and movements are by no means immune from the dangerous and divisive religious politics that are being played out in contemporary India. A number of commentators have suggested various cautions and caveats about assuming a positive relationship between Hinduism and the environment. The main points of contention are the limitations of textual exegesis; the environmentally damaging consequences of some Hindu beliefs and practices; and questions over whether any religion provides an adequate or appropriate basis from which to address contemporary environmental challenges. This paper explores a rather different and very problematic relationship that is being drawn, by some, between Hinduism and the environment. It focuses on the recent involvement of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) in protests against Tehri Dam. Neglecting the social and environmental problems that motivate other protestors, the VHP has sought to frame the dam as a communal issue-a threat by "outsiders"/Muslims to the holy river Ganges, and "therefore" to the Hindu religion, and "thus" the nation. The paper argues that, in the context of an increasingly aggressive Hindu nationalism, environmental issues and movements are by no means immune from the dangerous and divisive religious politics that are being played out in contemporary India."

تاريخ نشر

2005

توصيف ظاهري

1-24

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

9/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

ENVIRONMENT

اصطلاح موضوعی

GANGES

اصطلاح موضوعی

HINDU NATIONALISM

اصطلاح موضوعی

INDIA

اصطلاح موضوعی

TEHRI DAM

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Emma Mawdsley

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/1568535053628427

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y