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1. The Tao of the West

   Western Tranformations of Taoist Thought

   By J.J. Clarke

   In this book, J.J. Clarke shows us how Taoist texts, ideas, and practices have been assimilated within a whole range of Western ideas and agendas. We see how Chinese thinkers such as Lao-tzu and Chuang tzu, along with practices such as Feng Shui and Tai Chi, have been used as a key Western...

   Published April 23rd 2000 by Routledge
2. Oriental Enlightenment

   The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought

   By J.J. Clarke

   What is the place of Eastern thought - Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Confucianism - in the Western intellectual tradition? Oriental Enlightenment shows how, despite current talk of 'globalization', there is still a reluctance to accept that the West could have borrowed anything of significance from...

   Published April 16th 1997 by Routledge