The hypothetical mandarin : sympathy, modernity, and Chinese pain
Hayot, EricAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2009.
Through readings of novels, medical case studies, travelers' reports, photographs, and paintings, this book shows that in the West the connection between sympathy and humanity, and indeed between sympathy and reality, has tended to refract with a remarkable frequency through the lens called 'China.'
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Through readings of novels, medical case studies, travelers' reports, photographs, and paintings, this book shows that in the West the connection between sympathy and humanity, and indeed between sympathy and reality, has tended to refract with a remarkable frequency through the lens called 'China.'
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sympathy
History & Archaeology
History - General