Appropriating the Dao The Euro-American Esoteric Reception of China |
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Editor:
| Pokorny, Lukas K. Winter, Franz |
ISBN: | 978-1-350-28956-7 |
Publication Date: | May 2024 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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Assembling original contributions, this book is a pioneering attempt to address the Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China. Positioned between eighteenth-century's mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current, the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in the field of East-West...
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Assembling original contributions, this book is a pioneering attempt to address the Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China.
Positioned between eighteenth-century's mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current, the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in
the field of East-West interactions and the global history of religions.