This is one of the first studies of traditional medical education in an Asian country. Conducting extensive fieldwork in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China, Elisabeth Hsu became the disciple of, a Qigong master a scholarly private practitioner, who almost wordlessly conveys esoteric knowledge and techniques; attended seminars given by a se...(展开全部)

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge of official Chinese medicine is...(展开全部)

This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge of official Chinese medicine is...(展开全部)

This is one of the first studies of traditional medical education in an Asian country. Conducting extensive fieldwork in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China, Elisabeth Hsu became the disciple of, a Qigong master a scholarly private practitioner, who almost wordlessly conveys esoteric knowledge and techniques; attended seminars given by a se...(展开全部)

★知识的内容以何种形式呈现并被保留? ★学习方式决定了认知风格 ★三种传承方式解读现代化语境下中医知识和实践的代际相传 ★人类学教授潘天舒、中医学史教授张树剑联袂推荐 ★新增中文版序及译者序 ★中医的特殊性决定了它既有自然科学属性，也具有哲学社会科学属性。本书探讨了中医秘传、个人化传承和规范化传承三种模式下中医知识的教与学，反思中医院校教育与传统师承在方法和形式上的转变所带来的知识传承的结果和效应的改变。当所谓的“秘密知识”开始在现代高等教育课堂上作为“规范化知识”进行教学传授时，会发生什么？这些知识是否可通过教学对任何人透明、开放?

★知识的内容以何种形式呈现并被保留? ★学习方式决定了认知风格 ★三种传承方式解读现代化语境下中医知识和实践的代际相传 ★人类学教授潘天舒、中医学史教授张树剑联袂推荐 ★新增中文版序及译者序 ★中医的特殊性决定了它既有自然科学属性，也具有哲学社会科学属性。本书探讨了中医秘传、个人化传承和规范化传承三种模式下中医知识的教与学，反思中医院校教育与传统师承在方法和形式上的转变所带来的知识传承的结果和效应的改变。当所谓的“秘密知识”开始在现代高等教育课堂上作为“规范化知识”进行教学传授时，会发生什么？这些知识是否可通过教学对任何人透明、开放?

The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: "negative energy," "dumping," "you could cut the tension with a knife." "The Transmission of Affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbed by...(展开全部)

The idea that one can soak up someone else's depression or anxiety or sense the tension in a room is familiar. Indeed, phrases that capture this notion abound in the popular vernacular: "negative energy," "dumping," "you could cut the tension with a knife." "The Transmission of Affect deals with the belief that the emotions and energies of one person or group can be absorbed by...(展开全部)

This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. Farquhar describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars. She demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic. By showing how Chinese medical choices are made, she considers problems of...(展开全部)