Qigong Fever - Body, Science, and Utopia in China

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-14067-6
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Qigong, a regimen of body, breath, and mental training exercises, was one of the most widespread cultural and religious movements of late-twentieth-century urban China. David A. Palmer analyzes the spread of the qigong craze as a reflection of key trends that have shaped China since 1949.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

David A. Palmer is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne, Paris) and was the Eileen Barker Fellow in Religion and Contemporary Society at the London School of Economics.