Chiang / Unknown Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78499-190-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

This collection expands the history of Chinese medicine by bridging the philosophical concerns of epistemology and the history and cultural politics of transregional medical formations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Chiang, Howard

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. “Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine” Howard Chiang
Part I. Objects
2. Kuang-chi Hung, “Within the Lungs, the Stomach, and the Mind: Convergences and Divergences in the Medical and Natural Histories of Ginkgo biloba” [4 illustrations]
3. Yi-Li Wu, “Bodily Knowledge and Western Learning in Late Imperial China: The Case of Wang Shixiong (1808-68)” [1 illustration]
4. Bridie Andrews, “Blood in the History of Modern Chinese Medicine” [5 illustrations]
Part II. Authority
5. Daniel Asen, “The Only Options? ‘Experience’ and ‘Theory’ in Debates Over Forensic Knowledge and Expertise in Early Twentieth-Century China”
6. David Luesink, “State Power, Governmentality, and the (Mis)Remembrance of Chinese Medicine”
7. Eric Karchmer, “Slow Medicine: How Chinese Medicine Became Efficacious Only for Chronic Conditions”
Part III. Existence
8. Judith Farquhar, “Metaphysics at the Bedside”
9. Leon Antonio Rocha, “How to Make ‘Acubabies’”
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chiang Howard:
Howard Chiang is Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of WarwickHoward Chiang is Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Warwick