Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
This
Element
examines
evolving
methods
of
cultivating
the
embodied
self,
including
healing
diseases
and
creating
a
superior
person,
in
late
Warring
States
early
imperial
East
Asia.
It
analyses
many
topics,
textualization
bodily
regimens
therapies,
their
systematization,
dissemination
among
different
(and
sometimes
rival)
social
groups,
diversity
traditions
–
religious,
pharmacological,
nourishing
life
that
contested
combined
to
form
hegemonic
medical
practice.
These
topics
turn
feature
several
issues:
models
body,
extending
vitality,
disease,
therapies
for
these
ailments.
All
ideas
will
be
refined
extended
through
comparison
with
Western
traditions.
Language: Английский
Institutions and Environment in Ancient Southern East Asia (3000 BCE to 300 CE)
Published: Jan. 31, 2025
Over
the
past
decades,
archaeological
exploration
of
southern
China
has
shattered
image
primitive
indigenous
people
and
their
pristine
environments.
It
is
known,
for
example,
that
East
Asia's
largest
settlements
hydraulic
infrastructures
in
third
millennium
BCE
were
located
Yangzi
valley,
as
some
most
sophisticated
metallurgical
centers
following
millennium.
If
Asia
was
not
a
backward
periphery
Central
Plains,
then
what
created
power
asymmetry
made
possible
'China's
march
toward
Tropics'?
What
did
becoming
'Chinese'
practically
mean
local
populations
south
Yangzi?
Why
them
decide
to
do
so,
alternatives?
This
Element
focuses
on
specific
ways
mastered
environment
through
two
forms
cooperation:
centralized
intensive,
ultimately
represented
by
states,
decentralized
extensive,
exemplified
interaction
networks.
Language: Английский
Environmental Foundations to the Rise of Early Civilisations in China
Published: Dec. 9, 2024
The
transition
from
the
middle
to
late
Holocene
(5000–4000
BP)
coincided
with
profound
socioeconomic
transformations
and
intensified
regional
trans-regional
interactions
in
prehistoric
China.
These
environmental
changes
gave
rise
diverse
lifeways
settlement
modes
that
constituted
foundation
for
emergence
of
civilisations.
In
this
Element,
China
is
divided
roughly
into
Highlands,
Lowlands,
Coastal
areas,
each
unique
ecological
conditions
distinctive
technological
economic
traditions
between
5000–4000
BP.
author
gathers
reviews
large
amounts
archaeological
data,
reconstructs
brief
lifeways.
argues
subsistence
adaptations
are
two
engines
driving
increased
complexity
civilisations
This
title
also
available
as
Open
Access
on
Cambridge
Core.
Language: Английский
The Evolving Landscape of Inquiry: Climate’s Growing Importance in Reconstructing Ancient China
Heritage,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(4), P. 125 - 125
Published: March 31, 2025
This
paper
examines
the
growth
of
climate
change
discussions
in
narratives
concerning
development
and
evolution
human
societies
Ancient
China
over
past
two
decades.
shift
reflects
climate’s
ascension
from
a
marginal
factor
to
central
player
reconstructions
actions
societies.
We
provide
an
overview
expanding
research
on
ancient
human–climate
interactions
China’s
prehistory
early
history,
emphasizing
increasing
importance
attached
as
major
rise
and,
significantly,
collapse
these
Through
meta-analysis
publication
trends
last
decades,
we
identify
chronological
periods
topics
where
has
come
be
interpreted
having
notable
impact.
Language: Английский