Kirkland - Taoism, Eastern Philosophy

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TAOISM
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition
offers fresh perspectives on a
religious and cultural tradition which has unfolded since the fifth
century as a form of integration into the unseen realities of life.
Exploring Taoist voices in sacred texts and current scholarship, and
showing how Taoism differs from, and overlaps with, other Chinese
traditions such as Confucianism and Zen Buddhism, it examines
Taoism’s ancient classical roots, contemporary heritage, and role in
Chinese daily life.
From Taoism’s spiritual philosophy to its practical perspectives on
life and death, self-cultivation, morality, society, leadership, and
gender, Russell Kirkland brings to life the Taoist vision as expressed
by followers through the centuries. Through attention to Taoism’s key
elements and examples from the lives of Taoist men and women, he
reveals the real contexts of the
Tao te ching
and
Chuang-tzu,
and of
Taoist understandings of life which still reverberate in modern
practices such as
feng-shui
and
t’ai-chi ch’üan
. His guide to this long
misrepresented tradition presents a new paradigm for understanding
Taoism in the twenty-first century.
Russell Kirkland
is Associate Professor of Religion and Asian
Studies at the University of Georgia. He is a member of the executive
board of the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions, and of the
board of directors of the US Taoist Association. He has been writing
on Taoism for over twenty years.
TAOISM
The enduring tradition
Russell Kirkland
Foreword by Norman J.Girardot
NEW YORK AND LONDON
 First published 2004 in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the UK
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 2004 Russell Kirkland
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ISBN 0-203-65351-3 Master e-book ISBN
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ISBN 0-415-26321-2 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-26322-0 (pbk)
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