ASNST-248 Medicine, Science, and Culture
Are medical and scientific knowledge universal? How have the social contexts of empires, Asian and European, shaped the histories of medical and scientific thought and practice? Drawing on primary sources from the 1500s to 1940s we think through how warfare, the accumulation of wealth and territory, cultural ideals of beauty, virtue, nature, and bodily integrity, historically shaped thought about health, disease and well-being. Global networks of migration, commodity flows, and the transition from intra-Asia manuscript circulation to global print publics will contextualize our exploration.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
HIST-248
Notes
No previous knowledge of Asia required.