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The Obsession of China in Learning Western Institutions to Prohibit Tortures in 1902-1911: From the Perspective of Ethnic Spectatorship Theory

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Yiming Zhao1, *
1Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
*Corresponding author. Email: Birdsong_Jaw@163.com
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Yiming Zhao
Available Online 30 December 2022.
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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_219How to use a DOI?
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Ethnic spectatorship; Tortures; The New Policy of late Qing
Abstract

China was actively seeking change, embracing Western legal culture as knowledge while drawing strength from its traditions in 1902-1911. According to the concept of “ethnic spectatorship” mentioned by Rey Chow in “Woman and Chinese Modernity”, Chinese at this time, especially the elite gentry, while using the western mirror to reflect their laws, are the observed cultural image playing their subjectivities. Because they are in the images being observed, and this observation comes from themselves, these images are no longer static and stagnant but have the meaning of dialogue, the interaction with western culture. Chinese gentries were willing to assimilate the Other’s wisdom, but they go on with their ethnic identity, trying to develop the inner logic of tradition. Tortures, as the main target of criticism by foreign media, is claimed to be prohibited while being found to be reasonable in educating people.

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Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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30 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_219
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2352-5398
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