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The making of the human sciences in China : historical and conceptual foundations / edited by Howard Chiang.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- China studies ; 40.
- China studies ; volume 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research--China.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (565 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.
- Summary:
- This volume provides a history of how “the human” has been constituted as a subject of scientific inquiry in China from the seventeenth century to the present. Organized around four themes—“Parameters of Human Life,” “Formations of the Human Subject,” “Disciplining Knowledge,” and “Deciphering Health”—it scrutinizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical interest in human organization within an evolving Chinese society. Spanning the Ming-Qing, Republican, and contemporary periods, its twenty-four original, synthetic chapters ground the mutual construction of “China” and “the human” in concrete historical contexts. As a state-of-the-field survey, a definitive textbook for teaching, and an authoritative reference that guides future research, this book pushes Sinology, comparative cultural studies, and the history of science in new directions.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- A New Order of Things: Scientific Visions of the Human in China / Howard Chiang
- Parameters of Human Life
- Technology / Francesca Bray
- Cartography / Alexander Akin
- Ethnography / Laura Hostetler
- Historiography / Matthew W. Mosca and Howard Chiang
- Reproduction / Yi-Li Wu
- Ghostly Encounters / Hsiu-fen Chen
- Formations of the Modern Subject
- Race / Frank Dikötter
- Ethnicity / Bin Yang
- Citizenship / Joshua Hill
- Class / Stephen A. Smith
- Sexuality / Howard Chiang
- Gender / Tani Barlow
- Disciplining Knowledge
- Economics / Joyman Lee
- Psychology / Zhipeng Gao
- Statistics / Andrea Bréard
- Sociology / Yung-chen Chiang
- Anthropology / Hsiao-pei Yen
- Political Science / John Feng
- Deciphering Health
- Anatomy / David Luesink
- Forensic Medicine / Daniel Asen
- Physical Hygiene / Ruth Rogaski
- Mental Health / Wen-Ji Wang and Hsuan-Ying Huang
- Psychiatry / Harry Yi-Jui Wu
- Psychoanalysis / Jingyuan Zhang
- Back Matter
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789004397620
- 9004397620
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004397620 DOI
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