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American Indian Environmental Ethics An Ojibwa Case Study

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ISBN-10: 0130431214

ISBN-13: 9780130431219

Edition: 2004

Authors: J. Baird Callicott, Michael P. Nelson

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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.
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Book details

List price: $53.32
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 8/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 9.00" wide x 6.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Introductory Essay: Cultural Worldview and Environmental Ethics
What is Environmental Ethics?
What is a Cultural Worldview?
What is Culture?
Language, Worldview, and Cultural Relativism
The Ojibwa Narratives
The Narratives
The Orphans and Mashos
Clothed-in-Fur
The Woman Who Married a Beaver
The Boy that was Carried Away by a Bear
A Moose and His Offspring
Little-Image
The Person that Made Medicine
The Birth of Nauml;nabushu
Nauml;nabushu Swallowed by the Sturgeon
Nauml;nabushu Slays Here-of-His-Shin
Nauml;nabushu Leaves His Brother, and Also His Grandmother
Nauml;nabushu, the Sweet-brier Berries, and the Sturgeons
Notes on the Mystic Rite
Interpretive Essay: An Ojibwa Worldview and Environmental Ethic
Key Cognitive Elements of an Ojibwa Worldview
Ojibwa Environmental Ethics
The Controversy About American Indian Environmental Ethics
Literature Cited