Nature, Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia Calculus Demystified and underlying assumptions

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Nature, Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia Calculus Demystified and underlying assumptionsThis book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asias major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism. The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world. This includes