Towards an Authentic Indian Environmentalism

M. G. Jackson
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Despite elaborate policies and programmes to deal with them, environmental problems in India are generally worsening. In this paper it is argued that we are not adequately diagnosing these problems. There is a tendency to focus on effects, i.e. on technical definitions and solutions, rather than on causes – which are predominantly social, economic and political. In this we have followed the lead of Western environmentalism. We must first of all, therefore, question this Western perspective. Then we must attempt to articulate an authentic Indian environmentalism. To do this we must take into account the perceptions of all those people in our society who are being marginalised by ‘development’ and globalisation and their many creative responses to the environmental problems they face. This paper describes some of these responses and reflects upon them.
走向真正的印度环保主义
尽管制定了详尽的政策和方案来处理这些问题,但印度的环境问题总体上仍在恶化。本文认为,我们没有充分诊断这些问题。有一种倾向侧重于结果,即侧重于技术定义和解决办法,而不是侧重于主要是社会、经济和政治方面的原因。在这方面,我们追随了西方环保主义的领导。因此,我们必须首先质疑这种西方观点。然后,我们必须努力阐明一种真正的印度环境保护主义。要做到这一点,我们必须考虑到我们社会中所有那些被“发展”和全球化边缘化的人的看法,以及他们对所面临的环境问题的许多创造性反应。本文描述了其中的一些反应并进行了反思。
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