05213cam a2200769 i 4500 ocn982249101 20200709060555.0 m d cr unu|||||||| 170411s2017 nyuab ob 001 0 eng 2017017828 DLC eng rda pn DLC OCLCO OCLCQ IDEBK YDX MERUC OCLCQ JSTOR OCLCO UPM DEGRU DEBSZ N$T YDX OCLCO MERER EBLCP OCLCQ EZ9 IDB OCLCF CEF OTZ OCLCQ S7Z N$T OCLCQ TMJ ORU 984643525 9780231544535 (electronic book) 0231544537 (electronic book) 9780231175869 (hardcover) AU@ 000059847745 DEBSZ 491403518 1628734 (N$T) 22573/ctt1tkwmj1 JSTOR a-cc--- BL1923 .M55 2017 NAT011000 bisacsh POL044000 bisacsh REL065000 bisacsh HIS008000 bisacsh PHI023000 bisacsh 299.5/14 23 Miller, James, 1968- author. China's green religion : Daoism and the quest for a sustainable future / James Miller. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 1 online resource (xxiii, 200 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Religion, modernity, and ecology -- The subjectivity of nature -- Liquid ecology -- The porosity of the body -- The locative imagination -- The political ecology of the Daoist body -- From modernity to sustainability -- From sustainability to flourishing. "How can Daoism, China's indigenous religion, give us the aesthetic, ethical, political, and spiritual tools to address the root causes of our ecological crisis and construct a sustainable future? In China's Green Religion, James Miller shows how Daoism orients individuals toward a holistic understanding of religion and nature. Explicitly connecting human flourishing to the thriving of nature, Daoism fosters a "green" subjectivity and agency that transforms what it means to live a flourishing life on earth. Through a groundbreaking reconstruction of Daoist philosophy and religion, Miller argues for four key, green insights: a vision of nature as a subjective power that informs human life; an anthropological idea of the porous body based on a sense of qi flowing through landscapes and human beings; a tradition of knowing founded on the experience of transformative power in specific landscapes and topographies; and an aesthetic and moral sensibility based on an affective sensitivity to how the world pervades the body and the body pervades the world. Environmentalists struggle to raise consciousness for their cause, Miller argues, because their activism relies on a quasi-Christian concept of "saving the earth." Instead, environmentalists should integrate nature and culture more seamlessly, cultivating through a contemporary intellectual vocabulary a compelling vision of how the earth materially and spiritually supports human flourishing."--Provided by publisher. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 09, 2018). Taoism China. China Religion. Human ecology Religious aspects Taoism. Sustainability China. NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection. bisacsh Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01093763 Sustainability. fast (OCoLC)fst01747391 Taoism. fast (OCoLC)fst01142920 China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 Electronic books. Print version: Miller, James, 1968- China's green religion. New York : Columbia University Press, 2017 9780231175869 (DLC) 2016039619 (OCoLC)982247980 JSTOR http://0-www.jstor.org.lib.exeter.ac.uk/stable/10.7312/mill17586 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=5276010 MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=1011795 ProQuest Ebook Central http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=5276010 https://doi.org/10.7312/mill17586 http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231544535 De Gruyter Online http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231544535 De Gruyter Cover http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780231544535.jpg http://proxy.library.carleton.ca/login?url=http://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231544535 De Gruyter Online EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1628734 De Gruyter DEGR 9780231544535 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL5276010 EBSCOhost EBSC 1628734 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis38047761 YBP Library Services YANK 13971347 57454 57454