A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought: Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife 135026217X, 9781350262171

A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought: Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife 9781350262171, 9781350262201, 9781350262188

The notions of ‘gods’ and religious beliefs in early China are often considered to be either unique to a single non-repr

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Mencius and Early Chinese Thought 9781503616264

Throughout much of Chinese history, Mencius (372-289 b.c.) was considered the greatest Confucian thinker after Confucius

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Five Classics of Fengshui: Chinese Spiritual Geography in Historical and Environmental Perspective 9004249869, 9789004249868

In Five Classics of Fengshui Michael Paton traces the theoretical development of this form of spiritual geography throug

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Methods of the Way: Early Chinese Ethical Thought 9004110100, 9789004110106

In the second century B.C. the Chinese political philosopher Jia Yi allegedly composed his Daoshu (Methods of the way).

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Spiritual Economies: Islam, Globalization, and the Afterlife of Development 9780801462313

In Europe and North America Muslims are often represented in conflict with modernity—but what could be more modern than

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A History of Chinese Political Thought 9780745652474

China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty

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The Poetics of Early Chinese Thought: How the Shijing Shaped the Chinese Philosophical Tradition 9780231553995

The modern imagination of classical Chinese thought has long been dominated by Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, and other “Mast

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A patterned past: form and thought in early Chinese historiography 9780674008618

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Under the Ancestors’ Shadow: Chinese Culture and Personality 9780231898959

Presents a description of a small semi-rural community in southwest China, and explores the role played by this culture

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The Dangerous Bride : A Memoir of Love, Gods and Geography [1 ed.] 9780522866490, 9780522866483

What do you do when your husband claims to be madly in love with you, but doesn't desire you sexually? When your th

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