An Introduction to Feng Shui
Series: Introduction to Religion; Introduction to religion
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780511478987
Subjects: Feng shui
Description: Examines the origins and practices of Chinese Feng Shui as well as its recent Western interpretations.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A brief history of feng shui; Chapter 3 Feng shui in the context of Chinese popular religion; Chapter 4 Feng shui research; Chapter 5 Cosmological principles, schools of interpretation and the feng shui compass; Chapter 6 Feng shui in the Chinese cityscape: China proper and overseas; Chapter 7 Modern feng shui interpretations and uses; Chapter 8 Environmental concerns; Chapter 9 Feng shui as cultural globalization?; Bibliography; Index.