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The camphor tree and the elephant
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- Book Synopsis
- Uncovers a spiritual dimension in the transition to the AnthropoceneWhat is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizations generally not a potent force in Southeast Asian environmental movements? The Camphor Tree and the Elephant brings these questions into the history of ecological change in the region, centering the roles of religion and colonialism in shaping the Anthropocene-"the human epoch." Historian Faizah Zakaria traces the conversion of the Batak people in upland Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula to Islam and Christianity during the long nineteenth century. She finds that the process helped shape social structures that voided the natural world of enchantment, ushered in a cash economy, and placed the power to remake local landscapes into the hands of a distant elite. Using a wide array of sources such as family histories, prayer manuscripts, and folktales in tandem with colonial and ethnographic archives, Zakaria brings everyday religion and its far-flung implications into our understanding of the environmental history of the modern world.
- About The Author
- Faizah Zakaria is assistant professor in the Departments of Southeast Asian Studies and Malay Studies at the National University of Singapore. She received her PhD in history from Yale University in 2018. She is the co-editor of Fatwas of Singapore: Science, Medicine and Health (MUIS Press Books 2017).
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- ISBN
- 9780295751191
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (02 May 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 280
- Weight
- 582 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 158 x 237 x 27 mm
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