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Coping with the Future: Theories and Practices of Divination in East Asia offers insights into various techniques of divination, their evolution, and their assessment. The contributions cover the period from the earliest documents on East Asian mantic arts to their appearance in the present time.
The volume reflects the pervasive manifestations of divination in literature, religious and political life, and their relevance for society and individuals. Special emphasis is placed on cross-cultural influences and attempts to find theoretical foundations for divinatory practices. This edited volume is an initiative to study the phenomena of divination across East Asian cultures and beyond. It is also one of the first attempts to theorize divinatory practices through East Asian traditions.
The volume reflects the pervasive manifestations of divination in literature, religious and political life, and their relevance for society and individuals. Special emphasis is placed on cross-cultural influences and attempts to find theoretical foundations for divinatory practices. This edited volume is an initiative to study the phenomena of divination across East Asian cultures and beyond. It is also one of the first attempts to theorize divinatory practices through East Asian traditions.
Price: $197.00
Pages: 586
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Sinica Leidensia
Publication Date:
07 December 2017
ISBN: 9789004346536
Format: Hardcover
"Coping with the Future is a landmark study of divination in East Asia, mainly for its depth and breadth of scholarship, but also for the impact it will have in elucidating an esoteric subject for a wider audience. The Käte Hamburger Center, under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is to be commended for funding the studies published herein and we applaud Michael Lackner for the years of effort he has dedicated to this project. With this groundbreaking work, if not before, he has distinguished himself as a leader in the field."
–Stephen L. Field, Trinity University, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.2 (2020)
"Written mainly by historians and cultural researchers, these papers address subjects that are scattered throughout various historical and geographic areas, offering short but detailed insights into aspects of divinatory practices. […] This volume will be of great interest to every scholar studying East Asian practices of “fate exploration.”
– Grzegorz Frąszczak, Religious Studies 47.2 (June 2021)
–Stephen L. Field, Trinity University, Journal of the American Oriental Society 140.2 (2020)
"Written mainly by historians and cultural researchers, these papers address subjects that are scattered throughout various historical and geographic areas, offering short but detailed insights into aspects of divinatory practices. […] This volume will be of great interest to every scholar studying East Asian practices of “fate exploration.”
– Grzegorz Frąszczak, Religious Studies 47.2 (June 2021)
Michael Lackner, Dr. phil. (1983), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, is Professor of Sinology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. He has published monographs and many articles on China and co-edited Mapping meanings. The Field of New Learning in Late Qing China (Brill, 2004).