TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clarke,J.J.
TI  - The Tao of the West: Western transformations of Taoist thought 
SN  - 0203171616
AV  - BL1920 .C55 2000eb
U1  - 299/.514 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London, N.Y.
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Taoism
KW  - East and West
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-258) and indexes; 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
N2  - 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. A fascinating introduction to Taoism and the history of the West's encounter with it
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