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| Acknowledgements |
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| Brief chronology of Chinese history |
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| Introduction: the abode of calligraphic inscriptions |
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First encounter with social calligraphy |
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Modem technology spells the end of Chinese writing? |
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4 | (1) |
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Writing and calligraphy -- an anthropological lack |
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5 | (2) |
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The ambiguity of Chinese calligraphy -- where function meets aesthetics |
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7 | (3) |
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Some methodological considerations |
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10 | (5) |
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1 Dances with power: Public calligraphy and its social effects |
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15 | (18) |
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17 | (9) |
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Art or not: a matter of social manipulation |
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26 | (6) |
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32 | (1) |
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2 Becoming a person through wen |
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33 | (24) |
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Mingong: anything that city people are not |
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34 | (10) |
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44 | (6) |
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Ascending the tower of deep knowledge |
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50 | (7) |
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3 Handwriting and personhood |
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57 | (24) |
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Fascination with handwriting |
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57 | (7) |
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Handwriting and personhood |
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64 | (11) |
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Calligraphy or handwriting as the extension of the body-person |
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75 | (6) |
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4 Body-person engineering through ink and brush: Brush techniques and calligraphic composition |
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81 | (26) |
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Anthropological literature on personhood and embodiment |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (7) |
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The composition of calligraphy |
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90 | (14) |
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104 | (3) |
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5 Brush work: Alternative bodybuilding |
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107 | (28) |
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Practising calligraphy: the cultivation of a good body and a sound mind |
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107 | (9) |
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The learning process magnified |
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116 | (9) |
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The embodied brush and the production of subjectivity |
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125 | (7) |
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Calligraphic paradox as the locus of social manipulation |
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132 | (3) |
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6 Ideograms and knowledge |
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135 | (21) |
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Written characters as the base of knowledge? |
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135 | (4) |
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The modern script reform in China and its implication for Block's thesis |
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139 | (10) |
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Linguistic myth turned into social reality |
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149 | (7) |
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156 | (15) |
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Re-inventing calligraphy: characters are still good to think with |
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159 | (2) |
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The ever-evolving relationship with power |
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161 | (5) |
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The re-enchantment of calligraphy -- the agency of calligraphy |
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166 | (5) |
| Notes |
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171 | (17) |
| Bibliography |
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188 | (15) |
| List of Chinese characters for terms used in the text |
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203 | (11) |
| Index |
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Lisainfo e-raamatute kohta