The Allure of the Nation

The Cultural and Historical Debates in Late Qing and Republican China
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29049-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Ideas, History, and Modern China

Covering half a century, from 1895 to 1945, The Allure of the Nation examines three interlocking aspects of Chinese nationalist modernity: (1) the quest to balance global connectivity and ethnic authenticity; (2) the desire to balance national unity and local autonomy; (3) the drive to balance history’s place as a tool of political propaganda and as a weapon used to critique orthodoxy and political suppression. By viewing the nation as a cluster of spatial-temporal relations that link individuals to a territorial state, this book provides a different view of early twentieth-century China where the party-state did not have full control of political and cultural affairs, and alternative political perspectives (such as local self-government and democratic aristocracy) could be freely expressed.

Zielgruppe

All interested in the intellectual history of early twentieth-century China, and anyone concerned with the theory of nationalism, particularly the cultural critique of nation-state and party-state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hon, Tze-Ki

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Balancing the Competing Claims in a New Global Order

2. Educating the Chinese Citizens

3. Sino-Babylonianism before and after the Great War

4. A Nation of Moderation versus a Nation of Extremes

5. China’s Cultural and Ethnic Diversity

6. A New Aristocracy of the Chinese Republic

7. Contemporary Meanings of the Sui-Tang Period (581–907)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Tze-ki Hon, Ph.D. (1992), University of Chicago, is Professor of History at State University of New York-Geneseo. He has published monographs and articles on pre-modern and modern China, including The Yijing and Chinese Politics (SUNY Press, 2005) and Revolution as Restoration (Brill, 2013).