Dream Trippers - Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality

Informationen zum Autor David A. Palmer is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China , among other books. Klappentext Anthropologists David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler explore the globalization of Daoism: the interactions between international spiritual tourists, traditional Chinese monks, and American scholar-practitioners at the sacred Daoist mountain of Huashan, China. Palmer and Siegler show how the spiritual and religious histories of China and the West intersect, collide, and interpenetrate, revealing the paradoxes and dilemmas of the search for spiritual authenticity in a globalized world.--Provided by publisher.

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• Authors: David A Palmer, David a Siegler Palmer, David A. Palmer, David A. Siegler Palmer, David A./ Siegler Palmer, Elijah Siegler, Elijah Palmer Siegler, Siegler Elijah
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780226484846
• ISBN: 978-0-226-48484-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology, RELIGION / Taoism