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Autore |
Hayot Eric <1972-> |
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Titolo |
The hypothetical mandarin : sympathy, modernity, and Chinese Pain / / Eric Hayot |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2009 |
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0-19-988857-4 |
1-282-33650-9 |
9786612336508 |
0-19-970326-4 |
0-19-970011-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
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Civilization - Chinese influences |
Sympathy - Moral and ethical aspects - History |
China In literature |
Europe Civilization Chinese influences |
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Monografia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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.' |
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