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This book is a social history of the qigong craze which swept urban socialist China in the post-Mao era, leading to the emergence of Falun Gong and its subsequent repression. How could a system of body, breath and mental training exercises, initially promoted by senior Communist Party leaders as a uniquely Chinese healing tradition and as the harbinger of a future scientific revolution, become an outlet for a mass expression of religiosity which was then ruthlessly crushed by the Chinese state? Tracing the complex relations between the masters, officials, scientists, practitioners, and ideologues involved with the qigong movement, this book combines historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches to describe a critical phase in the reinvention of Chinese tradition in its encounter with modernity and the state. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese religion and body cultivation, contemporary Chinese culture and politics, and religious movements in the modern world.
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"A brilliant piece of scholarship... it is to be hoped that this excellent book reaches a wide readership." -- David Ownby, "Pacific Affairs"
""A powerful historical, political, cultural, and sociological analysis of the Qigong movement and its relationship to the state... Essential." -Choice" -- "Choice"
"The most comprehensive volume published on the Qigong movement in contemporary China." -- Gareth Fisher, "Journal of Chinese Religions," Vol. 35 (2007)
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""A powerful historical, political, cultural, and sociological analysis of the Qigong movement and its relationship to the state... Essential." -Choice" -- "Choice"
"The most comprehensive volume published on the Qigong movement in contemporary China." -- Gareth Fisher, "Journal of Chinese Religions," Vol. 35 (2007)
"Qigong Fever" provides original and profound insights into Chinese social and political history over the last 60 years.--Georges Favroud"China Perspectives" (01/01/0001)
David Palmer's fascinating and solidly researched "Qigong Fever" represents the first serious English-language history of the "qigong" explosion that rocked China over the course of the 1980s and 1990s--Patricia M. Thornton"History of Religions" (01/01/0001)
A brilliant piece of scholarship... it is to be hoped that this excellent book reaches a wide readership.--David Ownby"Pacific Affairs" (01/01/0001)
The most comprehensive volume published on the Qigong movement in contemporary China.--Gareth Fisher"Journal of Chinese Religions" (01/01/0001)
"Qigong Fever" is well written, engaging, and extensively researched. It is a landmark in the study of qigong and an indispensible resource for anyone attempting to understand Chinese society in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.--Scott Lowe"International Journal for the Study of New Religions" (01/01/0001)
"Qigong Fever" provides original and profound insights into Chinese social and political history over the last 60 years.--Georges Favroud"China Perspectives" (01/01/0001)
"Qigong Fever" is well written, engaging, and extensively researched. It is a landmark in the study of qigong and an indispensible resource for anyone attempting to understand Chinese society in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.--Scott Lowe"International Journal for the Study of New Religions" (01/01/0001)
David A. Palmer is director of the Hong Kong Centre of the Ecole Francaise d' Extreme-Orient (EFEO) and is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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- PublisherC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1850658412
- ISBN 13 9781850658412
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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