American Indian Environmental Ethics : An Ojibwa Case Study

American Indian Environmental Ethics : An Ojibwa Case Study

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  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780130431219
  • DDC分類 179.1089973

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For courses in anthropology, cultural geography, environmental philosophy and ethics. Brief text focusing on environmental attitudes and practices of American Indians using the Ojibwa narrative, myths, legends, stories and rituals. Introductory essay offers theory of environmental ethics, an overview of the field of environmental ethics, and places the Ojibwa within this contemporary debate. "Part of the applied ethics series, Basic Ethics in Action, edited by Michael Boylan."

Contents

I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYWhat is Environmental Ethics? 2. What is a Cultural Worldview? 3. What is Culture? 4. Language, Worldview, and Cultural Relativism. 5. The Ojibwa Narratives. II. THE NARRATIVES. 1. The Orphans and Mashos. 2. Clothed-in-Fur. 3. The Woman Who Married a Beaver. 4. The Boy that was Carried Away by a Bear. 5. A Moose and His Offspring. 6. Little-Image. 7. The Person that Made Medicine. 8. The Birth of Nanabushu. 9. Nanabushu Swallowed by the Sturgeon. 10. Nanabushu Slays Here-of-His-Shin. 11. Nanabushu Leaves His Brother, and Also His Grandmother. 12. Nanabushu, the Sweet-brier Berries, and the Sturgeons. 13. Notes on the Mystic Rite. III. INTERPRETIVE ESSAY: AN OJIBWA WORLDVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC. 1. Key Cognitive Elements of an Ojibwa Worldview. 2. Ojibwa Environmental Ethics. 3. The Controversy About American Indian Environmental Ethics. Literature Cited.