ISBN: 9780824826727 - Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion (11 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or geomancy, has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge, which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas, such as disease, mental disorders, accidents, and common mischief. The study includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years augmented by the results of anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or geomancy, has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge, which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas, such as disease, mental disorders, accidents, and common mischief. The study includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years augmented by the results of anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or geomancy, has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted. The author argues that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge, which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas, such as disease, mental disorders, accidents, and common mischief. The study includes a historical account of fengshui over the last 150 years augmented by the results of anthropological fieldwork on contemporary practices in two Chinese rural areas.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "For well over a century Chinese fengshui, or geomancy, has fascinated western laymen and scholars. The focus of this academic study is on fengshui's significance in China and the author's argument that fengshui serves as an alternative tradition of cosmological knowledge which is used to explain a range of everyday occurrences in rural areas such as disease, mental disorders, accidents and common mischief." (from NIAS press).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A nice, solid copy. ; 5.76 X 0.91 X 8.96 inches; 305 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First printing. As new in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 305 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Very fine hardback copy in very fine dustjacket. xiv, 305pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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