The intellectual foundations of Chinese modernity cultural and political thought in the Republican era

In the early twentieth century, China was on the brink of change. Different ideologies - those of radicalism, conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy - were much debated in political and intellectual circles. Whereas previous works have analyzed these trends in isolation, Edmund S. K. Fung sh...

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Main Author: Fung, Edmund S. K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
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505 0 |a Towards an understanding of Chinese modernity -- Some methodological issues -- A community of critical intellectuals -- The main arguments of the book -- The structure of the book -- The push of Westernized radicalism -- The early East-West debate -- The advocacy of thorough Westernization -- Total Westernization : the advocacy of a fervent nationalist -- The decline of Westernized radicalism -- A critique of Westernized radicalism -- The pull of cultural conservatism -- The rise of modern Chinese conservatism -- Easternization : the quest for cultural equality -- Central themes of the conservative counter-discourse -- Tiaohelun : the doctrine of mediation and harmony -- New Confucianism -- Reflections on cultural conservatism -- The politics of modern Chinese conservatism -- Nationalism, modernity and politicocultural nationalism -- The politicocultural thought of Liang Shuming and Zhang Junmai -- The politics of China-based cultural reconstruction --  
505 0 |a Wartime politicocultural nationalism -- The political thought of the warring states group -- Liberalism in China and Chinese liberal thought -- The rise of Chinese liberalism -- The liberals as a differentiated category -- How was liberalism understood in modern China? -- The features and concerns of Chinese liberal thought -- Liberal thought, cultural radicalism, cultural conservatism -- The state, government and rule of law -- What did a strong Chinese state mean? -- Omnipotent government and government with a plan -- Good government and government by "good men" -- The rule of law -- The rise of reformist socialist thought -- The socialist discourse, 1919 -- The 1920 controversy : capitalism versus socialism -- Zhang Junmai and the German influence -- The influence of British socialism -- A liberal response to the Soviet experiment of the 1920s -- Protosocialism in ancient Chinese thought -- From state socialism to social democracy -- State socialist thought up to 1945 --  
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520 |a In the early twentieth century, China was on the brink of change. Different ideologies - those of radicalism, conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy - were much debated in political and intellectual circles. Whereas previous works have analyzed these trends in isolation, Edmund S. K. Fung shows how they related to one another and how intellectuals in China engaged according to their cultural and political persuasions. The author argues that it is this interrelatedness and interplay between different schools of thought that are central to the understanding of Chinese modernity, for many of the debates that began in the Republican era still resonate in China today. The book charts the development of these ideologies and explores the work and influence of the intellectuals who were associated with them. In its challenge to previous scholarship and the breadth of its approach, the book makes a major contribution to the study of Chinese political philosophy and intellectual history