Rise of Modern Chinese Thought

Wang Hui asks what it means for China to be modern and for modernity to be Chinese. Is there a rupture between tradition and modernity in China? How has Confucian thought evolved? Did China become modern in the Middle Ages? A deep intellectual history, The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought revises our senses of both modernity and Chinese philosophy.

About the author

Wang Hui is Distinguished Professor of Literature and History at Tsinghua University and founding Director of the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences. His books include China’s Twentieth Century, China from Empire to Nation-State, The Politics of Imagining Asia, and China’s New Order.Michael Gibbs Hill is Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at William & Mary and author of Lin Shu, Inc.: Translation and the Making of Modern Chinese Culture.

Summary

Wang Hui asks what it means for China to be modern and for modernity to be Chinese. Is there a rupture between tradition and modernity in China? How has Confucian thought evolved? Did China become modern in the Middle Ages? A deep intellectual history, The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought revises our senses of both modernity and Chinese philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Hui Wang
• Assisted by: Michael Gibbs Hill (Editor), Hill Michael Gibbs (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9780674046764
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04676-4
• No. of pages: 1088
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; China, Ethnic Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Confucianism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Asian History, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Confucianism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General