Oriental enlightenment : the encounter between Asian and Western thought / / J.J. Clarke |
Autore | Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 950/.07/01821 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Asian
Civilization, Oriental East and West |
ISBN |
1-134-78473-2
1-134-78474-0 0-203-00438-8 1-280-18228-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Orientations: the issues; Orientalism: some conjectures; China cult: the age of Enlightenment; Passage to India: the age of Romanticism; Buddhist passions: the nineteenth century; East; West encounter in the twentieth century; Philosophical encounters; Religious dialogue; Psychological interpretations; Scientific and ecological speculations; Reflections and reorientations; Orientalism and postmodernity; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814608003321 |
Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Tao of the West : Western transformations of Taoist thought / / J.J. Clarke |
Autore | Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.514 |
Soggetto topico |
Taoism
East and West |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-203-17161-6
1-134-62528-6 1-280-32795-2 0-203-13234-3 9786610327959 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450860503321 |
Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Tao of the West : Western transformations of Taoist thought / / J.J. Clarke |
Autore | Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.514 |
Soggetto topico |
Taoism
East and West |
ISBN |
1-134-62527-8
0-203-17161-6 1-134-62528-6 1-280-32795-2 0-203-13234-3 9786610327959 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812934603321 |
Clarke J. J (John James), <1937-> | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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