An Intellectual History of Modern China

ISBN-13: 9780521797108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 618 str.

Merle Goldman; Leo Ou-Fan Lee

Opis

An Intellectual History of Modern China is the only comprehensive book on modern China's intellectual development from the nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century.While existing studies tend to focus on individual Chinese thinkers, this book includes all the major Chinese thinkers, as well as political figures who have influenced China's modern history. Merle Goldman and Leo Ou-fan Lee introduce this this collection of essays, drawn from the later volumes (Volumes 12, 13, 14, 15) of The Cambridge History of China. The chapters, authored by eminent historians and social scientists in the field of Chinese studies, together trace the transformation of Confucian ideas, the introduction of Western views and the resulting, uniquely Chinese view of the world. By linking key intellectual developments and figures to emerging political movements, they explain the profound impact of changing ideas and values on Chinese politics and revolution. Merle Goldman brings the history up to date with a new, concluding chapter on the post-Mao era and China's intellectual scene at the end of the twentieth century.

Recenzje

"In this collection of carefully researched essays, leading scholars explicate China's intellectual transformation from the 1890s to the 1990s...the rewards are many, and the potential for further research remains strong. As an "intellectual history of modern China" instead of a "modern Chinese intellectual history", the volume continues to inform and to orient further research." - The Journal of Asian Studies Wen-Hsin Yeh, University of California, Berkeley

Spis treści

1. Intellectual change; 2. Themes in intellectual history; 3. Literary trends: the quest for modernity; 4. Literary trends: the road to revolution; 5. Mao Tse-tung's thought to 1949; 6. The party and the intellectuals; 7. Mao Tse-tung's thought from 1949–76; 8. An intellectual history of the Deng era.