03004nam 2200637Ia 450 991081293460332120200520144314.01-134-62527-80-203-17161-61-134-62528-61-280-32795-20-203-13234-3978661032795910.4324/9780203132340(CKB)1000000000255429(EBL)165744(OCoLC)48138023(SSID)ssj0000255556(PQKBManifestationID)11208374(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255556(PQKBWorkID)10218509(PQKB)11273185(MiAaPQ)EBC165744(Au-PeEL)EBL165744(CaPaEBR)ebr10054137(CaONFJC)MIL32795(EXLCZ)99100000000025542920000612d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Tao of the West Western transformations of Taoist thought /J.J. Clarke1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-20620-0 0-415-20619-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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-cultuTaoismEast and WestTaoism.East and West.299.514Clarke J. J(John James),1937-1763247MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812934603321The Tao of the West4203960UNINA