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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812934603321
• Autore: Clarke J. J (John James), <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-62527-8; 0-203-17161-6; 1-134-62528-6; 1-280-32795-2; 0-203-13234-3; 9786610327959
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 299.514
• Soggetti: Taoism; East and West
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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