The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist ThoughtPsychology Press, 2000 - 270 Seiten 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. |
Inhalt
THE WAY THAT CAN BE TOLD Introduction | xi |
Ways and means | 7 |
The way to the West | 10 |
THE MEANING IS NOT THE MEANING On the nature of Daoism | 14 |
The Three Teachings | 20 |
Historical origins | 26 |
CRAMPED SCHOLARS Western interpretations of Daoism | 35 |
Reading Daoism | 48 |
The Way of Sexuality | 126 |
The Way of good health | 134 |
THE WAY IS INCOMMUNICABLE Transcendence | 138 |
landscape painting | 147 |
Transcendence | 157 |
THE TWITTER OF BIRDS Philosophical themes | 164 |
Scepticism relativism and irrationalism | 173 |
Postmodernism | 182 |
THE GREAT CLOD Daoist natural philosophy | 61 |
the standard picture | 67 |
a new paradigm? | 72 |
new ways? | 79 |
GOING RAMBLING WITHOUT DESTINATION Moral explorations | 88 |
The ethics of selfcultivation | 93 |
The politics of anarchism | 101 |
Women and gender | 109 |
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THINGS The alchemy of life sex and health | 115 |
The Way of inner cultivation | 120 |
JOURNEY TO THE WEST By way of concluding | 192 |
Beyond Daoism | 201 |
Chinese dynastic chronology | 210 |
WadeGilesPinyin conversion table | 211 |
NOTES | 212 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 232 |
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The Tao of the West: Western Tranformations of Taoist Thought J.J. Clarke Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought John James Clarke Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2000 |
The Tao of the West: Western Tranformations of Taoist Thought J.J. Clarke Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alchemy ancient argues Asian assumptions attitude belief Buddhism century characterised China Chinese culture Chinese philosophy Chinese thought Christian civilisation classical conception concerning Confucian contemporary context contrast cosmological critical Daodejing Daoist ideas Daoist mysticism Daoist philosophy Daoist texts Daoist thinking Daozang debate dialogue discourse distinction earlier emphasised ethical European example Girardot Graham Hall and Ames Han dynasty Hansen harmony Henri Maspero hermeneutical historical human ideal important intellectual internal alchemy interpretation Jesuit Joseph Needham Jung kind Kohn landscape painting language Laozi Liezi means metaphysical modern Western moral movement natural world Needham notion organicist orientalism orientalist perennial philosophy period philosophical political postmodern practices question recent relativism religion religious Robinet role scepticism Schipper scholars seen self-cultivation sense sexual simply sinologist social spiritual teachings techniques thinkers traditional Western transcendence transformation translation universal West West's Western philosophical Western thought writings wu-wei Yijing Zhuangzi
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - RELIGION IN CHINA; containing a brief Account of the Three Religions of the Chinese; with Observations on the Prospects of Christian Conversion amongst that People.
Seite vii - What these people need is not confession, conjuring of souls, and forgiveness of sins; what is needful is a new justice*. And a new watchword. And new philosophers. The moral earth, too, is round. The moral earth, too, has its antipodes. The antipodes, too, have the right to exist. There is yet another world to be discovered - and more than one. Embark, philosophers! 290 One thing is needful. - To "give style" to one's character - a great and rare art!
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