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China's Search for Modernity

Cultural Discourse in the Late 20th Century

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. He Ping

    1. Sichuan University, China

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • He Ping
      Pages 1-21

  4. The Examination of Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Toward a New Chinese Idea of Culture

      • He Ping
      Pages 73-92

    3. Re-imagining the East-West Divide: Culture and Personality

      • He Ping
      Pages 93-116

  5. Culture and Modernization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The Significance of China’s Cultural Tradition for Modernization

      • He Ping
      Pages 119-144

    3. The Imagination of Modernity and Pre-Modernity in the 1990s

      • He Ping
      Pages 145-153

    4. Intellectuals and the Discourse

      • He Ping
      Pages 154-167

    5. Conclusion

      • He Ping
      Pages 168-172

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 173-228
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About this book

Twenty years after a return from fundamentalism to economic reality, China has become the world's tenth largest economy and an increasingly important global power. Despite the rise of fundamentalism and post-modernism, the pursuit of modernity was an ongoing historical movement in late twentieth century China. He Ping focuses on China's quest for and experience of modernity. Implicitly comparative, the author discusses broad aspects of both Chinese and western civilizations, including their scientific traditions and socio-economic structures, with reference to modernization. He seeks to enhance our understanding of the cultural changes behind China's phenomenal rise and provides a fresh case study for the global cultural discourse.

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"Provides an insider's deep reflection on the intellectual and academic development that accompanied China's rapid modernization...Implicitly comparative, this erudite book analyzes broad aspects of Chinese and Western civilizations, such as their scientific traditions, cultural cores, personality traits, and social institutions. It examines Chinese scholars' reflective criticism of the so-called 'backward Chinese cultural tradition,' their debate over modernization strategy and their vision of modernity and hence it reveals how modernity is requested, discoursed and experienced in one of the oldest civilizations recently. It undoubtedly enhances our understanding of the rising China and the global cultural discourse on modernity." - Zhang Xupeng, Springer

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sichuan University, China

    He Ping

About the author

HE PING is Professor of History at Sichuan University, China. Among his writings are The Glory of Empire: Tracing Ancient Roman Civilization and Afghanistan: The Intermixing and Clash of Civilizations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: China's Search for Modernity

  • Book Subtitle: Cultural Discourse in the Late 20th Century

  • Authors: He Ping

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288560

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-97715-6Published: 19 June 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28856-0Published: 18 June 2002

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 228

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Asian History, Regional and Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies

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