The Making of the Human Sciences in China

Historical and Conceptual Foundations

Bibliographic Data

ID19901856
EditorsHoward Chiang (0000-0002-3658-3565)
Year2019
Publication date2019-04-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Making of the Human Sciences in China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004397620
OpenAlexW2594907348
ISBN9789004397620
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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

Archaeology · China · Field (mathematics) · Human science · Library science · Sinology · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Subject (documents) · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · History of Science and Medicine

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