Open AccessSinophiles between Flatland, Fetish, and Feuilleton
Author(s) -
Nick Stember
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the british association for chinese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0601
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.104
Subject(s) - illusion , value (mathematics) , covid-19 , aesthetics , china , pandemic , chinese literature , sociology , literature , art , political science , psychology , law , medicine , computer science , disease , pathology , machine learning , infectious disease (medical specialty) , neuroscience
Despite (or because of) the increasingly fraught relationship between the Chinese and English-speaking parts of the world, Chinese studies today finds itself blessed with a wealth of voices, both within academia and without. The author argues that it is this aspiration toward a plurality of perspectives, rather than the seductive illusion of One Right Answer for All and for All Time, that best encapsulates the value of Chinese studies in the Covid-19 pandemic, or in any other time.