Toward a philosophy of water: Politics of the pollution and damming along the Ganges River.
Description:
This thesis sets out to develop a beginning of a philosophy of water by considering philosophical implications of ecological crises currently happening along the waters of the Ganges River. In my first chapter, I give a historical account of a philosophy of water. In my second chapter, I describe various natural and cultural representations of the Ganges, accounting for physical features of the river, Hindu myths and rituals involving the river, and ecological crises characterized by the pollut…
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Date:
May 2007
Creator:
McAnally, Elizabeth Ann
Partner:
UNT Libraries