The Image Of China In Western Social And Political Thought

Author : D. Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403905282
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought written by D. Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-10-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Martin Jones examines how China has been portrayed in European and subsequently North American social and political thought and what, if anything, this depiction tells us about the character of this thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the knowledge claims of European and North American social and political thought as it evolved from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

Author : David Martin Jones
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333912959
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought written by David Martin Jones and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines how China has been portrayed in European and subsequently North American social and political thought and what, if anything, this depiction tells us about the character of this thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the knowledge claims of European and North American social and political thought as it evolved from the 18th to the 20th century.

Author : R. Hodder
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0333985303
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In China's Image written by R. Hodder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-08-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book questions our perceptions of China. It is argued that what is commonly understood to be 'China' is, in large part, a collage of images. These images - created and manipulated by individuals and groups within the boundaries of the Chinese state in order to pursue their own social, economic and political ambitions - have been accepted, elaborated upon, strengthened and made legitimate by European and American social scientists and by other professional commentators on China. If shaped or strongly conditioned by these images, policies towards China are likely to prove either inappropriate or dangerous.

Author : Fred Reinhard Dallmayr
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813136423
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Chinese Political Thought written by Fred Reinhard Dallmayr and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect increased democratization and a more Western political system. The Chinese, however, have developed their own version of capitalism. Westerners view Chinese politics through the lens of their own ideologies, preventing them from understanding Chinese goals and policies. In Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang bring together leading Chinese intellectuals to debate the main political ideas shaping the rapidly changing nation. Investigating such topics as the popular "China Model", the resurgence of Chinese Confucianism and its applications to the modern world, and liberal socialism, the contributors move beyond usual analytical frameworks toward what Dallmayr and Zhao call "a dismantling of ideological straitjackets." Comprising a broad range of opinions and perspectives, Contemporary Chinese Political Thought is the most up-to-date examination in English of modern Chinese political attitudes and discourse. Features contributions from Ji Wenshun, Zhou Lian, Zhao Tingyang, Zhang Feng, Liu Shuxian, Chen Ming, He Baogang, Ni Peimin, Ci Jiwei, Cui Zhiyuan, Frank Fang, Wang Shaoguang, and Cheng Guangyun.

Author : Lee Trepanier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498598625
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought written by Lee Trepanier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of Asia in global affairs has forced western thinkers to rethink their assumptions, theories, and conclusions about the region. Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought brings together a mixture of established and rising scholars from both Asia and the West to reflect upon the political philosopher’s thought about China, Japan, Korea, Central Asia, and India. From Voegelin’s writings, readers will not only understand how Voegelin’s approach can illuminate the fundamental principles and issues about Asia but also what are the challenges and possibilities that Asia offers in the twentieth-first century. For those who want to move past the superficial commentary and clichés about Asia, Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought is the book for you.

Author : R. James Ferguson
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739192957
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics and Philosophy of Chinese Power written by R. James Ferguson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a timely analysis of the politics, philosophy, and history of Chinese power, focusing on social, strategic, and diplomatic trends that have shaped China for over three thousand years. Chinese elites have used the past to inform the present, but have also mobilized new ideas to address the country’s rapid transition to global power. China’s intellectual world can draw on a surprisingly pluralist legacy. When Chinese thinkers assess “power,” they bring to bear their classical legacy, the military classics, Chinese socialism, and Western political thought. There are also a number of intriguing formulations that give shape to the exercise of Chinese power. Among these are comprehensive national strength, stability preservation, soft power, asymmetric conflict, and counter-intervention strategies. This book looks at key periods in Chinese history when attitudes to power evolved and at their current expressions. These include China’s expanded use of think tanks to chart the future, efforts at creating an eco-civilization to balance growth, and an extended set of security and information capabilities. From observing the centrality of power in today’s international affairs, the book moves to the foundational concepts of Chinese governance: its belief in a strategic configuration of power—as understood in military contexts—as well as its growing diplomatic and maritime engagement abroad. This analysis culminates in new ideas of functional multipolarity. Power is also deployed internally: China’s use of nationalism as a major tool for state-building and cohesion, the ongoing role of socialism, and the People’s Liberation Army are all examined in this light. China’s current strategic culture has shaped President Xi Jinping’s search for a new model of power for China in the twenty-first century, an endeavor that will have serious implications for the future global order. This book provides an alternative perspective on China’s trajectory towards a revised international system.

Author : Liang Chi-Chao
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780700703548
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Chinese Political Thought During the Early Tsin Period written by Liang Chi-Chao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tongdong Bai
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780320779
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China written by Tongdong Bai and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Chinese political traditions are often viewed negatively as 'authoritarian' (in contrast with 'Western' democratic traditions), but the historical reality is much more complex and there is a need to understand the political values shaping China's rise. Going beyond this, Bai argues that the debates between China's two main political theories - Confucianism and Legalism - anticipate themes in modern political thought and hence offer valuable resources for thinking about contemporary political problems. Part of Zed's World Political Theories series, this groundbreaking work offers a remarkable insight into the political history and thought of a nation that is becoming increasingly powerful on the world stage.

Author : Colin Mackerras
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Western Images of China written by Colin Mackerras and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the ways in which Westerners, from the earliest times until the late 1980s, have perceived China--both the China of their own time and the China of the past. Examining sources from all media, the author demonstrates the enormous variety in Western images of China over the centuries--at certain times China has constituted a model for schools of thought in the West, while at others the country has been viewed as a threat.

Author : Robin Wang
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872206519
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture written by Robin Wang and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich collection of writings--many translated especially for this volume and some available in English for the first time--provides a journey through the history of Chinese culture, tracing the Chinese understanding of women as elucidated in writings spanning more than two thousand years. From the earliest oracle bone inscriptions of the Pre-Qin period through the poems and stories of the Song Dynasty, these works shed light on Chinese images of women and their roles in society in terms of such topics as human nature, cosmology, gender, and virtue.