Main entry:

Bruun, Ole, 1953-

Title & Author:

An introduction to feng shui / Ole Bruun.

Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Description:

viii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-207) and index.
List of illustrations -- 1: Introduction -- Feng shui as popular religion -- Three themes -- Western receptiveness -- 2: Brief History Of Feng Shui -- Classical age -- Imperial age -- Colonial era -- Communist era -- 3: Feng Shui In The Context Of Chinese Popular Religion -- Family ritual and the yearly festivals -- Chinese almanac, or the know all book (Tongshu) -- Feng shui for building -- Feng shui for burial -- Other common applications -- Feng shui and belief -- Feng shui and other strands of popular divination -- 4: Feng Shui Research -- New turn -- Studies in ecology and nature perception -- Studies in architecture -- 5: Cosmological Principles, Schools Of Interpretation And The Feng Shui Compass -- Book of changes -- Five elements (wu xing) -- Concept of qu (ch'i) -- Schools of feng shui -- Feng shui compass -- 6: Feng Shui In The Chinese Cityscape: China Proper And Overseas -- Cities in China proper -- Taiwan and Hong Kong -- 7: Modern Feng Shui Interpretations And Uses -- New perspective on an old subject -- New schools of feng shui -- Renewed exposure in China -- New feng shui uses: western, Chinese or global? -- Manual authors -- Global exchange -- Corporate feng shui? -- 8: Environmental Concerns -- History and environment in China -- Some fieldwork experiences -- New Chinese environmentalism -- 9: Feng Shui As Cultural Globalization? -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

From the Publisher: 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; environmental perspectives and other issues.

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ISBN:

052186352X
9780521863520
0521682177 (pbk.)
9780521682176 (pbk.)

Subject:

Feng shui.
fengshui.
Feng-Shui
Feng-shui.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261595
Call No.: BIB 192614
Status: Available