Zen & the Beat Way

Alan Watts

ISBN 10: 0804831173 / ISBN 13: 9780804831178

Editore: Tuttle Publishing (edition Original), 1997

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Riassunto:

Alan Watts, echoing Jack Kerouac in Dharma Bums, first wrote and spoke about Zen and Eastern culture in terms accessible to mainstream Western audiences.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Alan Watts was born in England in 1915 and received his early education at King's School, Canterbury. He received a master's degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Illinois and an honorary doctorate of divinity from the University of Vermont. He wrote his first book, The Spirit of Zen, at the age of twenty and went on to write over twenty other books including The Way of Zen, The Book, and Tao: The Watercourse Way, which though never fully completed was published after the author's death and introduced thousands of readers to Taoist thought.

In addition to being an acclaimed author and philosopher, Dr. Watts was also an Episcopalian minister, professor, graduate-school dean and reasearch fellow of Harvard University. By the early 1960s, he moved to Sausolito, California, and held seminars and lectures throughout the United States. Alan Watts died in 1973.

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Titolo: Zen & the Beat Way
Casa editrice: Tuttle Publishing (edition Original)
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Edizione: Original.