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9780813327365

Dialogues Across Civilizations: Sketches In World History From The Chinese And European Experiences

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    9780813327365

  • ISBN10:

    0813327369

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1996-04-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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"Dialogues Across Civilizations" sets the histories of China and Europe alongside one another. Privileging neither Europe nor China, this collection of comparative history essays generates reflection on themes central to the study of world history as well as European and Asian history.

Author Biography

Roxann Prazniak teaches history at Hampden-Sydney College and is an associate of the Asia-Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University.

Table of Contents

Society and the Individualp. 9
The Social and the Individual Thoughts from Kong Zi and Socratesp. 11
Reflections on Gender Relations Views from Ban Zhao And Christine De Pisanp. 27
Social Change and Conflictp. 47
Patterns of Urban And Commercial Development The Capital Cities Paris and Hangzhoup. 49
Popular Protest and Rural Activism The Utopian Visions Of Thomas Müntzer and Hong Xiuquanp. 76
Industrial Capitalism and The Nation-State: Otto Von Bismarck And Sun Zhongshanp. 96
History and Cosmologyp. 113
Religion in Society Huiyuan and Saint Augustine On Human Sufferingp. 115
Synthesis of Classical And Religious Traditions The Lixue of Zhu XI and The Scholasticism of Thomas Aquinasp. 140
Philosophical and Environmental Perspectives in Nature Art Claude Monet and Qi Baiship. 158
Conclusions and Epilogue The Chinese and European Experiences In Contemporary Contextsp. 180
Notesp. 187
Bibliographyp. 198
About the Book and Authorp. 208
Indexp. 209
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