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Article: Embodying Utopia: Charisma in the Post-Mao Qigong Craze
Title | Embodying Utopia: Charisma in the Post-Mao Qigong Craze |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | University of California Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/nr/ |
Citation | Nova Religio, 2008, v. 12 n. 2, p. 69-89 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article discusses the dynamics of charismatic religious movements
through the case of the qigong craze, which was the largest mass spiritual/religious movement
in urban China in the 1980s and 1990s, until the banning of Falun Gong in 1999. Charisma
can be apprehended at three levels: as the embodied experience of individuals; as the
emotional affect between masters and followers; and as a collective movement within a
macro-social context. This article examines the articulation between these three dimensions
of the charismatic phenomenon, tracing how, through breathing and meditation exercises,
the masters teaching them and the organizations promoting them, charismatic experiences
could be generated within and between millions of individual bodies and articulated with
utopian expectations at a specific juncture of modern Chinese history. The emic notion of qi
as an objectified power that can be experienced, manipulated, and produced is discussed,
showing how it both facilitated the emergence of charisma but prevented its consolidation,
leading groups based on qi experiences towards post-charismatic outcomes of
commodification, radicalization or traditionalization. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/59833 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.385 |
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dc.contributor.author | Palmer, DA | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-05-31T03:58:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-05-31T03:58:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Nova Religio, 2008, v. 12 n. 2, p. 69-89 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1092-6690 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/59833 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article discusses the dynamics of charismatic religious movements through the case of the qigong craze, which was the largest mass spiritual/religious movement in urban China in the 1980s and 1990s, until the banning of Falun Gong in 1999. Charisma can be apprehended at three levels: as the embodied experience of individuals; as the emotional affect between masters and followers; and as a collective movement within a macro-social context. This article examines the articulation between these three dimensions of the charismatic phenomenon, tracing how, through breathing and meditation exercises, the masters teaching them and the organizations promoting them, charismatic experiences could be generated within and between millions of individual bodies and articulated with utopian expectations at a specific juncture of modern Chinese history. The emic notion of qi as an objectified power that can be experienced, manipulated, and produced is discussed, showing how it both facilitated the emergence of charisma but prevented its consolidation, leading groups based on qi experiences towards post-charismatic outcomes of commodification, radicalization or traditionalization. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | University of California Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/nr/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nova Religio | en_HK |
dc.rights | Published as Nova Religio, 2008, v. 12 n. 2, p. 69-89. © 2008 by the Regents of the University of California. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the Regents of the University of California for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center. | - |
dc.title | Embodying Utopia: Charisma in the Post-Mao Qigong Craze | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Palmer, DA: palmer19@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Palmer, DA=rp00654 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1525/nr.2008.12.2.69 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 162850 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 69 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 89 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000262715000005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1092-6690 | - |