“Praying for the Cure”: Transformations of Japanese Medical Traditions and the Question of Modernity
Asian Studies
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“Praying for the Cure”: Transformations of Japanese Medical Traditions and the Question of Modernity
»Molitev za zdravilo«: Preobrazbe japonskih medicinskih tradicij in vprašanje modernosti |
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Culiberg, Luka
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science
medicine West China Japan tradition modernity epidemic disease epistemology znanost medicina Zahod kitajska intelektualna zgodovina Japonska tradicija sodobnost epidemija bolezen epistemologija |
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“Science” and “magic” are not simply two opposing thought processes which have a straightforward relationship, first, on a presumed axis of progress—from magic to science, and second, within the context of a presumed cultural divide—Western “science” vs. Eastern “tradition”. The aim of this paper is to examine in historical perspective the introduction of so-called “Western medicine” in Japan and examine the idea that through this introduction “traditional” Chinese knowledge was simply superseded by “modern” Western science. By looking into the intellectual currents within the field of medicine, specifically in eighteenth-century Japan, and comparing them to those in the West, the article tries to challenge the narrative of “modernity” as a sort of uniquely Western achievement defined by “disenchantment”, “rationalism” and “science”.
»Znanost« in »magija« nista zgolj dva nasprotujoča si miselna procesa v neposrednem odnosu, najprej na domnevni osi napredka od magije k znanosti, nato pa v okviru domnevne kulturne ločnice – zahodna »znanost« proti vzhodni »tradiciji«. Namen tega prispevka je v zgodovinski perspektivi proučiti vpeljavo tako imenovane »zahodne medicine« na Japonskem in razmisliti o tem, ali je s to uvedbo »moderna« zahodna znanost res preprosto izpodrinila »tradicionalno« kitajsko znanje. S proučevanjem intelektualnih tokov na področju medicine, zlasti na Japonskem v 18. stoletju, in z njihovo primerjavo s tistimi na Zahodu skuša članek spodbijati pripoved o »modernosti« kot nekakšnem edinstvenem zahodnem dosežku, ki ga opredeljujejo »razočaranje«, »racionalizem« in »znanost«. |
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Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakulte / Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts
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2022-01-19
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10441
10.4312/as.2022.10.1.15-44 |
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Asian Studies; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022): Special Issue: Crisis as Danger and Hope—Covid-19 in Asia; 15-44
Azijske študije; Letn. 10 Št. 1 (2022): Special Issue: Crisis as Danger and Hope—Covid-19 in Asia; 15-44 2350-4226 2232-5131 10.4312/as.2022.10.1 |
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eng
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https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10441/10033
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Copyright (c) 2022 Luka CULIBERG
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
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