Christopher Harding
Dr Christopher Harding (born July 1978) is a cultural historian of modern India and Japan, lecturer in Asian history at the University of Edinburgh, broadcaster and journalist.[1] His series on culture and mental health, The Borders of Sanity, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service in 2016.[2]
Harding's book, The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives, was included in The Times' best history books of the year 2020.[3]
Selected publications
[edit]- Religious Transformation in South Asia: the Meanings of Conversion in Colonial Punjab. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008. (Oxford Historical Monographs)
- Religion and Psychotherapy in Modern Japan, Routledge, 2014. (Editor)
- Bukkyou Seishin Bunseki: Kosawa Heisaku-sensei wo kataru, [Nagao, Harding & Ikuta (co-authors)]. Kongo Shuppan, 2016.
- "Historical Reflections on Madness", in White, Read, Jain & Orr, The Palgrave Handbook of Global Mental Health: Socio-Cultural Perspectives, Palgrave, 2016.
- Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present, Penguin Books, 2018.
- The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives, Penguin Books, 2022.
- The Light of Asia: A History of Western Fascination with the East, Penguin Books, 2025.
References
[edit]- ↑ Letters (11 November 2015). "On his UK visit, Narendra Modi must be held accountable for his record on human rights in India". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ↑ Madness and Moral Panic in Japan, Meiji to the Present Day – Christopher Harding. The Japan Society. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ DeGroot, Dominic Sandbrook | Gerard. "Best history books of the year 2020". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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