Philip A. Kuhn è un accademico e sinologo americano il cui lavoro approfondisce la storia e gli studi sull'Asia orientale. Si concentra sull'ottenere una comprensione più profonda della società cinese e della sua evoluzione. I suoi contributi al campo sono significativi e offrono preziose intuizioni sulle complessità della regione.
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.