| Beyond Confucian China: The Rival Discourses of Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin Contributor(s): Wong, Young-Tsu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415582083 ISBN-13: 9780415582087 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Political Science - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 951.035 |
| LCCN: 2009051852 |
| Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Young-tsu Wong throws new light on Kang Youwei and Zhang Binglin, both through research on the sources, nature and import of their ideas and through juxtaposing them. The result is a provocative and stimulating analysis of late Qing-early Republican thought. Never before these two rival thinkers have been studied in any western language, and Wong sees these two men, though distinctly different in personality and thought, as the genuine pioneers of modern Chinese thought. The author highlights the mix of traditional Chinese thought, especially Confucianism and western ideas as well as the personal experiences of the two key thinkers in Modern Chinese History, enabling him to reassess the transition of China's cultural tradition and its modern fate in a world-wide perspective. This work provides a stimulating and provocative reassessment of two major thinkers in modern Chinese history. As such, it will be welcomed by scholars in the field of modern Chinese history and intellectual thought. |