Daoism Handbook (HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES/HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004112081 ISBN 13: 9789004112087

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices.
Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present.

About this title

About the Author

Livia Kohn, Ph.D. (1980) in Chinese Studies, Bonn University, is Professor of Religious Studies at Boston University. She has published extensively on the Daoist tradition and its mysticism and mythology, including Early Chinese Mysticism (1992), The Taoist Experience (1993), Laughing at the Tao (1995) and God of the Dao (1998).

Review

"...ein unverzichtbares Forschungshilfsmittel ... Es gibt gegenwärtig kein anderes Werk, das einen ähnlich vollständigen Überblick über die daoistische Tradition bietet." - Hubert Seiwert, in: Zeitschrift für Relligionswissenschaft, 2005
"Eine erstaunlich reiche Quelle für Foschung wie Lehre bildet das Daism Handbook von Livia Kohn. Es könnte und sollte das Studium des Daoismus im Westen anregen und bereichern." - Knut Walf, in: Orientierung, 2001
"The Daoism Handbook is the most comprehensive, English-language, intellectual book on Daosim available." - in: Quarterly Review, 2003

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 9004112081
• ISBN 13: 9789004112087
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 914
• Editor: Kohn Livia