The Anthropology of Religion, Charisma and Ghosts: Chinese Lessons for Adequate Theory

by Stephan Feuchtwang

It has been said that Chinese government was, until the republican period, government through li. Li is the untranslatable word covering appropriate conduct toward others, from the guest rituals of imperial diplomacy to the hospitality offered to guests in the homes of ordinary people. It also covers the centring of self in relation to the flows and objects in a landscape or a built environment, including the world beyond the spans of human and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110223554
• ISBN13: 9783110223552
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary