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The Making of the Human Sciences in China: Historical and Conceptual Foundations

The Making of the Human Sciences in China: Historical and Conceptual Foundations

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004397612
ISBN13: 9789004397613
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 18 2019
Pages: 548
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
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.

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