An Introduction to Feng Shui

by Ole Bruun

• ISBN13: 9780521863520
• ISBN10: 052186352X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Introduction

A brief history of Feng Shui

Feng Shui in the context of Chinese popular religion

Feng Shui research

Cosmological principles, schools of interpretation, and the Feng Shui compass

Feng Shui in the Chinese cityscape: China proper and overseas

Modern Feng Shui interpretations and uses

Environmental concerns

Feng Shui as cultural globalization

Bibliography

Index

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