Appropriating the Dao

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.

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• Authors: Lukas K Pokorny, Franz Winter
• Assisted by: Lukas K Pokorny (Editor), Lukas K. Pokorny (Editor), Franz Winter (Editor), Winter Franz (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781350289604
• ISBN: 978-1-350-28960-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; RELIGION / General, Religion: general, East Asia, Far East, RELIGION / Taoism, Taoism, mesmerism, occultism, Theosophy, New Age