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Title: Qigong Fever. Format: Hardback. Topic: Social Sciences, History. Subtitle: Body, Science, and Utopia in China. Missing Information?. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Genre: Society & Culture.

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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. The practice was promoted by senior Communist Party leaders as a uniquely Chinese healing tradition and as a harbinger of a new scientific revolution, yet the movement's mass popularity and the almost religious devotion of its followers led to its ruthless suppression. In this absorbing and revealing book, David A. Palmer relies on a combination of historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives to describe the spread of the qigong craze and its reflection of key trends that have shaped China since 1949, including the search for a national identity and an emphasis on the absolute authority of science. Qigong offered the promise of an all-powerful techlogy of the body rooted in the mysteries of Chinese culture. However, after 1995 the scientific underpinnings of qigong came under attack, its leaders were deunced as charlatans, and its networks of followers, tably Falungong, were suppressed as evil cults. According to Palmer, the success of the movement proves that a hugely important religious dimension t only survived under the CCP but was actively fostered, if t created, by high-ranking party members. Tracing the complex relationships among the masters, officials, scientists, practitioners, and ideologues involved in qigong, Palmer opens a fascinating window on the transformation of Chinese tradition as it evolved along with the Chinese state. As he brilliantly demonstrates, the rise and collapse of the qigong movement is key to understanding the politics and culture of post-Mao society.

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Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231140665
ISBN-13
9780231140669
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Author
David a Palmer
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Type
Textbook

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599g
Height
221mm
Width
148mm

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Place of Publication
New York
Spine
27mm
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
David A. Palmer is adjunct professor of anthropology and religious studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and research fellow at the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient. 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.
Date of Publication
01/02/2007
Genre
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Country of Publication
United States

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