The Tao of the West : Western transformations of Taoist thought / J.J. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, J. J. (John James), 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taoism.

East and West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, J.J. Clarke shows us how Taoist texts, ideas, and practices have been assimilated within a whole range of Western ideas and agendas. We see how Chinese thinkers such as Lao-tzu and Chuang tzu, along with practices such as Feng Shui and Tai Chi, have been used as a key Western inspiration in religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, ecology and health.The Tao of the West not only provides a fascinating introduction to Taoism, it also offers a timely insight into the history of the West's encounter with this ancient tradition, and into the issues arising from inter-cultu

Contents:

Preface

1. 'The way that can be told': introduction

2. 'The meaning is not the meaning': on the nature of Daoism

3. 'Cramped scholars': Western interpretations of Daoism

4. 'The Great Clod': Daoist natural philosophy

5. 'Going ramblin without destination': moral explorations

6. 'The transformation of things': the alchemy of life, sex and health

7. 'The Way is incommunicable': transcendence

8. 'The twitter of birds': philosophical themes

9. 'Journey to the West': by way of concluding

Appendix I: Chinese dynastic chronology

Appendix II. Wade-Giles/Pinyin conversion table

Notes

Bibliography

Name index

Subject index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-62527-8

0-203-17161-6

1-134-62528-6

1-280-32795-2

0-203-13234-3

9786610327959

9780203132340

OCLC:

48138023