Nature,culture and religion at the crossroads of Asia / edited by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine

By:

Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie. (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Social Science Press; 2010Description: 382 pISBN:

9788187358466

Subject(s):

Culture-Asia

DDC classification:

333.7095 NAT

Summary: This explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan region understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia's major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism. The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world.

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This explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan region understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia's major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism.

The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world.

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