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

by Prazniak,Roxann

• ISBN13: 9780813327365
• ISBN10: 0813327369
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"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 Individual	p. 9
The Social and the Individual Thoughts from Kong Zi and Socrates	p. 11
Reflections on Gender Relations Views from Ban Zhao And Christine De Pisan	p. 27
Social Change and Conflict	p. 47
Patterns of Urban And Commercial Development The Capital Cities Paris and Hangzhou	p. 49
Popular Protest and Rural Activism The Utopian Visions Of Thomas Müntzer and Hong Xiuquan	p. 76
Industrial Capitalism and The Nation-State: Otto Von Bismarck And Sun Zhongshan	p. 96
History and Cosmology	p. 113
Religion in Society Huiyuan and Saint Augustine On Human Suffering	p. 115
Synthesis of Classical And Religious Traditions The Lixue of Zhu XI and The Scholasticism of Thomas Aquinas	p. 140
Philosophical and Environmental Perspectives in Nature Art Claude Monet and Qi Baishi	p. 158
Conclusions and Epilogue The Chinese and European Experiences In Contemporary Contexts	p. 180
Notes	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 198
About the Book and Author	p. 208
Index	p. 209
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