Welter The Future of China's Past

Reflections on the Meaning of China’s Rise
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9168-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Addresses the question of China's rise and what it portends for the future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welter, Albert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

Introduction: China and the East Asian Renaissance, Toward a New World Order

1. The Return of the Native: The Fall and Rise of Confucius in Modern China

2. Chinese Authoritarianism: The Role of Legalism and Militarism in the Making of Modern China

3. The Daoist Cycle of Life and the Way of Returning to the Fundamental: Millenarian Prophecy and the Environmental Movement in Contemporary China

4. The Return of the Nonnative: The Buddhist Revival in Contemporary China

5. Back to the Future? Prospects for Confucianism and Chinese Traditions in Contemporary China

Concluding Reflections

Epilogue
Postscript
Notes
Further Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Albert Welter is Professor and Head of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. His previous books include Religion, Culture, and the Public Sphere in China and Japan, co-edited with Jeffrey Newmark, and A Tale of Two Stupas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in Hangzhou China.