
Thinking in Cases
Ancient Greek and Imperial Chinese Case Narratives
Markus Asper(Editor)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2020
Book
Hardback
VII, 186 pages
978-3-11-064070-0 (ISBN)
Description
Who is afraid of case literature? In an influential article ("Thinking in Cases", 1996), John Forrester made a case for studying case literature more seriously, exemplifying his points, mostly, with casuistic traditions of law. Unlike in modern literatures, case collections make up a significant portion of ancient literary traditions, such as Mesopotamian, Greek, and Chinese, mostly in medical and forensic contexts. The genre of cases, however, has usually not been studied in its own right by modern scholars. Due to its pervasiveness, case literature lends itself to comparative studies to which this volume intends to make a contribution. While cases often present truly fascinating epistemic puzzles, in addition they offer aesthetically pleasing reading experiences, due to their narrative character. Therefore, the case, understood as a knowledge-transmitting narrative about particulars, allows for both epistemic and aesthetic approaches. This volume presents seven substantial studies of cases and case literature: Topics touched upon are ancient Greek medical, forensic, philosophical and mathematical cases, medical cases from imperial China, and 20th-century American medical case writing. The collection hopes to offer a pilot of what to do with and how to think about cases.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
5 Abbildungen
5 ill.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
517 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-064070-0 (9783110640700)
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Person
Markus Asper
, Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.