Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion - Couverture rigide

Bruun, Ole

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8791114799 ISBN 13 : 9788791114793

Editeur : NIAS Press, 2004

Synopsis

Contrary to popular manuals, this book approaches fengshui from an academic angle, focusing on its significance in China, but also depicting the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West. It includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years with anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas such as disease, mental disorders, accidents and common mischief. Although Chinese authorities have opposed the tradition for centuries, it has been used by almost every-one as an aspect of popular cosmology. This title falls in the category of Anthropology, Religious Studies, Environmental Studies, and China. It is suitable for academic researchers and post-graduate students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ole Bruun is Associate Professor at Roskilde University's Institute for Society and Globalization. Besides working on fengshui and Asian perceptions of nature in general, he is a leading scholar on Mongolian studies. His edited volume, Mongols From Country to City, was published by NIAS Press in 2006.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NIAS Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8791114799
• ISBN 13: 9788791114793
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible