Appropriating the DAO: The Euro-American Esoteric Reception of East Asian Thought

Assembling original contributions, this book is a pioneering attempt to address the Euro-American esoteric reception and appropriation of China.

Positioned between eighteenth-century’s mesmerism and intersections with the modern martial arts current, the contributions specifically centre on nineteenth and early twentieth-century occult appraisals and representations. This book opens up an under-explored area of research in
the field of East-West interactions and the global history of religions.

Lukas Pokorny is Professor and Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Franz Winter is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.