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Relating to Nature: Rendering Nature Visible Through Rituals in South Asia

  • Meera Baindur*
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    Abstract

    This chapter argues for the ways in which nature, that is an invisible background to human activities, is brought to the fore-ground through rituals in some South Asian Traditions. Using two important conceptualizations that could explain the nonhuman other—distance and difference, the essay posits how the idea of kinship and relationship creates a framework of recognizing the nonhuman other to establish a relatedness of care and ethics. Rituals around nature may play a significant role in establishing such a relatedness of being.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSustainable Development Goals Series
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages143-151
    Number of pages9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022

    Publication series

    NameSustainable Development Goals Series
    VolumePart F2690
    ISSN (Print)2523-3084
    ISSN (Electronic)2523-3092

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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