The politics of imagining Asia /

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In this bold, provocative collection, Wang Hui confronts some of the major issues concerning modern China and the status quo of contemporary Chinese thought. The book's overarching theme is the possibility of an alternative modernity that does not rely on imported conceptions of Chinese history...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wang, Hui, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Huters, Theodore (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Civilization, Modern.
Comparative civilization.
Historiography > Political aspects > East Asia.
Civilisation comparée.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Nationalism & Patriotism.
Civilisations.
Histoire.
Systèmes de valeurs.
Philosophie politique.
Pays occidentaux.
Civilization.
Historiography > Political aspects.
International relations.
East Asia > Civilization.
East Asia > Relations > Western countries.
Western countries > Relations > East Asia.
Extrême-Orient > Civilisation.
Chine.
Asie.
East Asia.
Western countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of imagining Asia
  • How to explain "China" and its "modernity" : rethinking the rise of modern Chinese thought
  • Local forms, vernacular dialects, and the war of resistance against Japan : the "national forms" debate
  • The "Tibetan question" East and West : Orientalism, regional ethnic autonomy, and the politics of dignity
  • Okinawa and two dramatic changes to the regional order
  • Weber and the question of Chinese modernity.

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