Philip A. Kuhn is een Amerikaanse academicus en sinoloog wiens werk zich verdiept in geschiedenis en Oost-Aziatische studies. Hij richt zich op het verkrijgen van een dieper begrip van de Chinese samenleving en haar evolutie. Zijn bijdragen aan het vakgebied zijn significant en bieden waardevolle inzichten in de complexiteit van de regio.
During the reign of Emperor Ch'ien-lung, mass hysteria broke out among the common people, who feared that sorcerers were roaming the land and clipping the ends of men's braids in order to steal their souls. In his chronicle of this epidemic of fear and the official prosecutions that ensued, Kuhn opens a window on eighteenth-century China.
What is Chinese about China's modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. schovat popis
Focusing on the early history of psychoanalysis in Britain, this study explores the development of psychoanalytic theories and techniques, offering a revisionist perspective on their origins. It delves into the contributions of some of the first practitioners, providing insights into their influence on the field and the evolution of psychoanalysis during its formative years.