An Intellectual History of Modern China
Contributors: Merle Goldman (Editor); Leo Ou-fan Lee (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9780521797108
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; History of ideas, intellectual history; 20th century; History; China; History - General History; Renaissance; History: World; Asia - China; General; China--Intellectual life--20th century; History / Renaissance; Far East; Intellectual life
First sentence: The years 1898 and 1919 are usually thought of as two watersheds in the history of China's intellectual break with the values of Confucian civilization.
Description: 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.