Tao of the West

J.J Clarke has taught philosophy at McGill University, Montreal, and at the University of Singapore, and is currently Reader in History of Ideas at Kingston University, UK. He is the author of In Search of Jung, Jung and Eastern Thought, and Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought, all published by Routledge.

• Preface, 1 ‘The Way that can be told’: introduction, 2 ‘The meaning is not the meaning’: on the nature of Daoism, 3 ‘Cramped scholars’: Western interpretations of Daoism, 4 ‘The Great Clod’: Daoist natural philosophy, 5 ‘Going rambling without destination’: moral explorations, 6‘The transformation of things’: the alchemy of life, sex and health, 7 ‘The Way is incommunicable’: transcendence, 8 ‘The twitter of birds’: philosophical themes, 9 ‘Journey to the West’: by way of concluding, Appendix I: Chinese dynastic chronology, Appendix II: Wade–Giles/Pinyin conversion table, Notes, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index

'John brings a wealth of knowledge and historical understanding to bear, which enriches the reader's perspective.' - David Lorimer'In his compelling work, The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought, J.J. Clarke gives an informative, insightful and inspirational account of Daoism's journey to the west. It will serve readers well in personal enrichment as well as in academic research.' - Nova Religio