| Dream Trippers: Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality Contributor(s): Palmer, David A. (Author), Siegler, Elijah (Author) |
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ISBN: 022648484X ISBN-13: 9780226484846 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| LCCN: 2017016255 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western "alternative" spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism is going full circle, traveling back from America and Europe to influence Daoism in China. Dream Trippers draws on more than a decade of ethnographic work with Daoist monks and Western seekers to trace the spread of Westernized Daoism in contemporary China. David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler take us into the daily life of the monastic community atop the mountain of Huashan and explore its relationship to the socialist state. They follow the international circuit of Daoist "energy tourism," which connects a number of sites throughout China, and examine the controversies around Western scholars who become practitioners and promoters of Daoism. Throughout are lively portrayals of encounters among the book's various characters--Chinese hermits and monks, Western seekers, and scholar-practitioners--as they interact with each other in obtuse, often humorous, and yet sometimes enlightening and transformative ways. Dream Trippers untangles the anxieties, confusions, and ambiguities that arise as Chinese and American practitioners balance cosmological attunement and radical spiritual individualism in their search for authenticity in a globalized world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Palmer, David a.: - 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. Palmer, David A.: -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. Siegler, Elijah: - Elijah Siegler is professor of religious studies at the College of Charleston. |