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Foreign Devils and Philosophers: Cultural Encounters Between the Chinese, the Dutch, and Other Europeans, 1590-1800

Foreign Devils and Philosophers: Cultural Encounters Between the Chinese, the Dutch, and Other Europeans, 1590-1800

Weststeijn, Thijs

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004418881
ISBN13: 9789004418882
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 13 2020
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
What was the cultural impact of early meetings between Chinese and Europeans? This book explores visual, literary, and scholarly representations of the Celestial Empire and Western countries against the backdrop of actual encounters. Based on rare Chinese and, correspondingly, European (especially Dutch) sources and archival documents, the volume covers a range of cultural expressions from the applied arts to philosophy. Special attention goes to the ideals and realities of trade and diplomacy of the Dutch East India Company in China. Foreign Devils and Philosophers approaches global history from a cultural perspective and illuminates the reciprocal dynamic of aversion and admiration: Chinese and Westerners could appear as sages or savages in each other's eyes.

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