Kang Youwei Engages India - His Travel Narratives 19011902 Predicaments of Civilization Nation

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernizers of late 19th-century China.

List of contents

1. 1. Introduction: Kang Youwei in Search of India and Dilemmas of Civilization and Nation 2. From Civilizational Bonhomie to National Anxieties: A Translation of Kang Youwei’s Yindu Youji (印度游记) [Records of Travel to India] 3. India is Dead, Long Live India: A Translation of Kang's Yu Tongxue, Zhuzi, Liang Qichao Deng , Lun Yindu Wangguo You Yu Ge Sheng Zili Shu (與同學、諸子、梁啟超等，論印度亡國由於各省自立書) [Letter Discussing India’s Extinction Caused by Independence of its Provinces with Liang Qichao, Colleagues, and Followers]
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About the author

Kamal Sheel is Professor (Retd.) of Chinese at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Ranjana Sheel is Professor of History at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Summary

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernizers of late 19th-century China.

Product details

• Authors: Kamal Sheel, Kamal Sheel Sheel, Ranjana Sheel, Sheel Ranjana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032590189
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259018-9
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, Civilization;Modernity;Buddhism