Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Individualism in Modern China
analyzes important aspects of Chinese intellectual life and cultural
practices that formed and informed the historical phenomenon known as
the New Culture era. Through examining an influential newspaper
supplement published in Beijing during 1918–1928, along with other
contemporary sources, the book explores the full dimensions and rich
textures of the intellectual-literary discourses of the time period
and contributes to a re-consideration and re-appreciation of the New
Culture phenomenon in modern China. It highlights a key
intellectual-moral paradox in Chinese discourses between
cosmopolitanism as an idealistic aspiration and nationalism as a
practical imperative, both in complex relationship to individualism, a
paradox that ultimately speaks to the constant negotiations between
Chinese tradition and Western culture in the making of Chinese
modernity. These issues have remained vitally relevant to China and
the world nearly a century later.
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ISBN
9780739189153
Publisert
2015
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Lexington Books
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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