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An Introduction to Feng Shui
Contributor(s): Bruun, Ole (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521682177     ISBN-13: 9780521682176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $33.24  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Examines the origins and practices of Chinese Feng Shui as well as its recent Western interpretations.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist)
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Feng Shui
Dewey: 133.333
LCCN: 2008026921
Series: Introduction to Religion
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.26" W x 8.99" L (0.80 lbs) 220 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
- Topical - New Age
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2009
 
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Publisher Description:
Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice. However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it and millions of users. In this book Ole Bruun explains Feng Shui's Chinese origins and meanings as well as its more recent Western interpretations and global appeal. Unlike the abundance of popular manuals, his Introduction treats Chinese Feng Shui as an academic subject, bridging religion, history and sociology. Individual chapters explain the Chinese religious-philosophical background, Chinese uses in rural and urban areas, the history of Feng Shui's reinterpretation in the West, and environmental perspectives and other issues.

Contributor Bio(s): Bruun, Ole: - Ole Bruun is Associate Professor at the Institute for Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Denmark. He is author of Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion (2003) and editor with Michael Jacobsen of Human Rights and Asian Values: Contested Identities and Cultural Representations in Asia (2000).
 
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