Transgressing National 'Green Culture' and the Moral Authority of Nature in 'Age of the Market' Mongolia
Transgressing National 'Green Culture' and the Moral Authority of Nature in 'Age of the Market' Mongolia
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蒙古“市场时代”违背国家“绿色文化”和自然道德权威
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10.1163/22105018-12340176
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发表时间:
2021
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0.3
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Turk E
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Turk E
This article explores the concept of nature (baigal)and the natural world (baigal delkhii, baigal khangai) as cosmological ‘beyond’ (tsaana)that derives particular moral authority in contemporary Mongolia. Interlocutors detailed an agentive nature, able to punish and save, cause illness and restore health that has become increasingly fierce (dogshin) and distant from humans in recent years. This trend was narratively linked to increased disorderly and ‘uncultured’ actions that disrupt the balance between humans and the natural environment which Mongolians’ ‘nature culture’ (baigaliin soyol) notionally upholds. Although notions of natural and nomadic culture were transformed during the twentieth century from concepts associated with ‘backwardness’ to celebration of unique forms of heritage, culture’s fundamental tie to nature endured. As ideas of nature uphold social order and ‘stand in’ for order itself,baigalnormatively governs, reacting to lack of moral guidance and state-led regulation today.