An Intellectual History of Modern China

by Edited by Merle Goldman , Leo Ou-fan Lee

• ISBN13: 9780521797108
• ISBN10: 0521797101
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

An Intellectual History of Modern China is the only comprehensive book on modern China’s intellectual development from the nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Merle Goldman and Leo Ou-fan Lee introduce and set the contemporary, scholarly context for this collection of essays, drawn from the later volumes (Volumes 12-15) of The Cambridge History of China. The chapters, authored by eminent historians and social scientists in the field of Chinese studies, together trace the transformation of Confucian ideas, the introduction of Western views, and the resulting, uniquely Chinese view of the world. By linking key intellectual developments and figures to emerging political movements, they explain the profound impact of changing ideas and values on Chinese politics and revolution. Merle Goldman brings the history up to date with a new, concluding chapter on the Deng Xiaoping era and China’s intellectual scene at the end of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Intellectual History of Modern China	1	(13)
Leo Ou-Fan Lee
Merle Goldman
Intellectual Change: From the Reform Movement to the May Fourth Movement, 1895-1920	13	(84)
Charlotte Furth
Themes in Intellectual History: May Fourth and After	97	(45)
Benjamin I. Schwartz
Literary Trends: The Quest for Modernity, 1895-1927	142	(54)
Leo Ou-Fan Lee
Literary Trends: The Road co Revolution, 1927-1949	196	(71)
Leo Ou-Fan Lee
Mao Tse-tung's Thought to 1949	267	(82)
Stuart Schram
The Party and the Intellectuals: Phase Two	349	(46)
Merle Goldman
Mao Tse-Tung's Thought from 1949-1976	395	(104)
Stuart Schram
A New Relationship between the Intellectuals and the State in the Post-Mao Period	499	(40)
Merle Goldman
Bibliography	539	(28)
Index	567