Fu Ssu-Nien - A Life in Chinese History and Politics

Klappentext Wang's biography of Fu Ssu-nien examines Fu's important role in modern China's intellectual development. Zusammenfassung Fu Ssu-nien! the Chinese scholar! educator! and political and social critic! was one of the most colorful and influential intellectual figures in twentieth-century China. Wang Fan-sen's biography of Fu's extraordinary life and contributions offers an in-depth look at his role in intellectual and educational development in modern China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: Fu Ssu-nien and post-1895 intellectual trends; 1. Fu Ssu-nien's early years; 2. The shaping of a new historical school; 3. Toward a theory of plural origins of Chinese civilization: hypotheses on ancient Chinese history; 4. Contra-introspective moral philosophy; 5. The burden of the May Fourth mentality; 6. Statism and the later days of a May Fourth youth; Conclusion: the defeat of a May Fourth youth; Appendix 1: a fragment from a short story attacking Ku Chieh-kang; Appendix 2: a transcript of a conversation between Fu Ssu-nien and Ch'en Pu-lei; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Wang Fan-Sen, Fan-Sen Wang, Fan-Sen (Academia Sinica Wang, Fan-Shen Wang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521480512
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48051-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H; Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies