Joseph R. Levenson

Confucian China and its Modern Fate (eBook, ePUB)

Volume One: The Problem of Intellectual Continuity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136572524
• Artikelnr.: 40000429

Autorenporträt

JOSEPH R LEVENSON

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 THE TONE OF EARLY-MODERN CHINESE INTELLECTUAL CULTURE
Chapter 1 The Abortiveness of Empiricism in Early Ch'ing Thought
THE CRITIQUE OF IDEALISM
SCIENCE AND CH'ING EMPIRICISM: THEIR DEGREE OF COINCIDENCE
SCIENCE AND CH'ING EMPIRICISM: THEIR NON-IDENTITY
PROTEST AND STABILITY: THE REMINISCENCE OF AN EARLIER AFFIRMATION
CONCLUSION
Chapter 2 The Amateur Ideal in Ming and Early Ch'ing Society: Evidence from Painting
THE MING STYLE, IN SOCIETY AND ART
THE PARADOX OF AN ACADEMIC ANTI-ACADEMICISM
, CONCLUSION: MODERNIZATION AS THE CORROSION OF THE AMATEUR IDEAL
Chapter 2a Interlude: Confucianism and the End of the Taoist Connection
Part 2 CHINESE CULTURE IN ITS MODERN METAMORPHOSES: THE TENSIONS OF INTELLECTUAL CHOICE
Chapter 3 Eclecticism in the Area of Native Chinese Choices
CONSIDERATIONS OF TIME BECOME CONSIDERATIONS OF SPACE
THE ECLECTICISM OF TSENG KUO-FAN
THE ENCROACHMENT OF 'CHINA' ON GENERAL JUDGMENTS OF VALUE
Chapter 4 T'i and Yung-'Substance' and 'Function'
THE RATIONALIZATION
THE FALLACY
, REJECTION OF T'I-YUNG AND REJECTION OF INNOVATION: WO-JEN
REJECTION OF T'I-YUNG AND SEARCH FOR A NEW RATIONALIZATION: THE CLASSICAL SANCTION
Chapter 5 The Chin-Wen School and the Classical Sanction
NEW VALUES INJECTED INTO CHINESE HISTORY: K'ANG YU-WEI
, Chapter 6 The Modern Ku-wen Opposition, Reactionary and Revolutionary, to Chin-wen Reformism
THE REACTIONARY KU-WEN ATTACK
THE REVOLUTIONARY KU-WEN ATTACK
THE CLASSICS AND HISTORY
Chapter 7 The Role of Nationalism in the Disowning of the Past
THE ATTACK ON THE MANCHUS
CULTURALISM AND NATIONALISM AS COMPETITORS FOR LOYALTY
THE REINTEGRATION OF TRADITION INTO NATIONALISM
Chapter 8 Emphasis on General Validity: (1) As a Defence of Tradition
'SELECT THE BEST IN EAST AND WEST'
EXAMPLE: TS'AI YÜAN-P'EI
'MATTER' AND 'SPIRIT': THE T'I-YUNG RATIONALIZATION IN EXTREMIS
Chapter 9 Emphasis on General Validity: (2) As an Attack on Tradition
CONFUCIANISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND CHINESE SELECTIVITY
THE PRESSURE OF ICONOCLASM AGAINST NATIONALISM
THE SOCIAL COMPULSION ON NATIONALISM, BOTH TO CONTRIBUTE TO AND DENY THE STERILITY OF TRADITION
THE CHARGE OF STERILITY AGAINST CREATIVE EFFORTS IN THE TRADITIONAL SPIRIT
Chapter 10 Communism
, RESIDUAL TRADITIONALISM
CONCESSION TO TRADITIONALISM: RATIONAL TACTIC OR EMOTIONAL COMMITMENT?
CLASS-ANALYSIS
'ICONOCLAST-NATIVIST' SYNTHESIS
Chapter 11 Western Powers and Chinese Revolutions: the Political Side of Culture-change
Conclusion: a New Vocabulary or a New Language?VOCABULARY CHANGE IN EUROPE AND CHINA: ART AND IDEASLANGUAGE CHANGE AND THE PROBLEM OF CONTINUITY