Sustainable consumption as a means to self-realization: A Hindu perspective on when enough is enough

Sustainable Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 252-259

  Narayanan, Yamini ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumption; Hinduism; Purusharthas; Religious self actualization; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CLASS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; HINDUISM; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 78149397837     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.476     Document Type: Article

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