Deep China: The Moral Life of the Person, What Anthropology and Psychiatry Tell Us about China Today

Deep China investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, Arthur Kleinman, Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, Everett Zhang, Pan Tianshu, Wu Fei, and Guo Jinhua delve into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. The essays explore the remaking of the moral person during China's profound social and economic transformation, unraveling the shifting practices and struggles of contemporary life.

“"This book should be highly praised. . . . Good reading for anyone interested in Sinology, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology and mental health."-- Metapsychology Online Review”

"Essential... This is one of the most important books on China to be published in recent years." -- Susan D. Blum, The University of Notre Dame The China Journal "This book should be highly praised... Good reading for anyone interested in Sinology, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology and mental health." -- Diana Soeiro Metapsychology Online Review "Fascinating... Deep China seeks to explore through the lenses of psychiatry and sociology the effects on the individual." -- Rui Zheng British Journal Of Psychiatry

Arthur Kleinman is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University; Yunxiang Yan is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles; Jing Jun is a Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing); Sing Lee is a Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong; Everett Zhang is a Professor at Princeton University; Pan Tianshu is a Professor at Fudan University (Shanghai); Wu Fei and Guo Jinhua are Professors at Peking University (Beijing).

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