China and the humanities
Subtitle: at the crossroads of the human and the humane
By: editor: Kang Tchou
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The humanities
Publisher: Common Ground Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781863358514
Subjects: Chinese Arts; Humanity; Humanities
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A new direction for the humanities / Kang Tchou; title: Part One. A culture of humaneness; title: Human rights in China and my experiences / Wu Qing; title: Love for neighbors: using Kierkegaard to respond to Zizek / Alison Assiter; title: Student engagement: thoughts on the anniversary of the Tiananmen student uprising / Judy Lattas; title: Part Two. The humanities in China; title: Shang dynasty oracle bone agency: its contemporary philosophical significance / Astrid Vicas; title: From heroes to villains: comparison between the Ming novel Shui hu zhuan [or The outlaws of the marsh] and the Qing dyansty adapted court play Zhong yi xuan tu [or A diagram of the stars of loyalty and righteousness] / Sasiporn Petcharapiruch; title: Virginia Woolf in contemporary Chinese media: an investigation / Cao Xiaoqin; title: The cinematic transformation in post-socialist China: a case study of the film Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia [or Curse of the golden flower] directed by Zhang Yimou / Ma Lunpeng; title: Part Three. Humanities' mark on people; title: L'université l'Aurore [Zhen dan da xue]: the relevance of a foreign university in China / Cecile Leung; title: Governance on the production of identity: consuming western high culture in contemporary Shanghai / Xu Fang; title: Teaching an Other Literature in China: is the speaker of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" a good son? / Charles Lowe; title: Assimilative apprehensions and strategic responses: Uyghur counter-narratives / Robert Warren Wilson; title: Equality of opportunity and development for ethnic minority girls.