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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463003703321

Autore

Lakos William

Titolo

Chinese ancestor worship [[electronic resource] ] : a practice and ritual oriented approach to understanding Chinese culture / / by William Lakos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-4438-2528-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

299.511213

Soggetti

Ancestor worship - China

Religion and culture - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a new approach to how we in the West understand China and Chinese culture. It challenges the master narrative of Confucianism and shows that ancestor worship has underpinned Chinese culture in many influential and vital ways and provides a nuanced and more efficacious paradigm through which Chinese culture may be viewed. It is an exposition and analysis of Chinese ancestor worship and its correlations, especially filial piety and ritual, and it shows the intrinsic importance of ...