what is the ideal role of the individual in each philosophical, political or religious movement of hinduism and daoism. In what ways did these 'classical' values addess the crises of their age?

I thought it was 'taoism' ?

Daoism is one of the words used also.

For further information, you might want to check out the following sites. They might be of use to you.

Taoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism)

The Daoism-Taoism Philosophy (http://www.daoism.net/)

TAOISM (http://www.religioustolerance.org/taoism.htm)

Taoism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/taoism/)

http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/springs/6339/Daoism.html

Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism)

Hindu philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_philosophy)

HINDUISM: The world's third largest religion (http://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduism.htm)

Hinduism Philosophy : introduction to Hinduism beliefs (http://www.sanatansociety.org/yoga_and_meditation/hinduism_philosophy.htm)

Hindu Philosophy [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/hindu-ph.htm)