Kirkland - Taoism.pdf - Eastern Philosophy - michalszasz121

TAOISM

Taoism: The Enduring Tradition offers fresh perspectives on a

religious and cultural tradition which has unfolded since the fifth

century as a form of integration into the unseen realities of life.

Exploring Taoist voices in sacred texts and current scholarship, and

showing how Taoism differs from, and overlaps with, other Chinese

traditions such as Confucianism and Zen Buddhism, it examines

Taoism’s ancient classical roots, contemporary heritage, and role in

Chinese daily life.

From Taoism’s spiritual philosophy to its practical perspectives on

life and death, self-cultivation, morality, society, leadership, and

gender, Russell Kirkland brings to life the Taoist vision as expressed

by followers through the centuries. Through attention to Taoism’s key

elements and examples from the lives of Taoist men and women, he

reveals the real contexts of the Tao te ching and Chuang-tzu, and of

Taoist understandings of life which still reverberate in modern

practices such as feng-shui and t’ai-chi ch’üan . His guide to this long

misrepresented tradition presents a new paradigm for understanding

Taoism in the twenty-first century.

Russell Kirkland is Associate Professor of Religion and Asian

Studies at the University of Georgia. He is a member of the executive

board of the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions, and of the

board of directors of the US Taoist Association. He has been writing

on Taoism for over twenty years.

TAOISM

The enduring tradition

Russell Kirkland

Foreword by Norman J.Girardot

NEW YORK AND LONDON

First published 2004 in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Simultaneously published in the UK

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.

“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s

collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”

utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now

known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in

any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing

from the publishers.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

A catalog record has been requested

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 0-203-65351-3 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-68867-8 (Adobe eReader Format)

ISBN 0-415-26321-2 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-26322-0 (pbk)

Kirkland - Taoism.pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: