Author : Albert Welter
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438491689
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Book Synopsis The Future of China's Past by : Albert Welter
Download or read book The Future of China's Past written by Albert Welter and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of China's Past examines how China's traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated for political purposes. Like no time before in its recent history, and certainly at no time in the history of the People's Republic, China is being shaped in terms of its past, but which past—Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, Buddhism—or combination of pasts is being held up as the model? Given its growing economic, political, and cultural significance, it is incumbent upon us to take China's rise seriously, yet perspectives involving modern and contemporary geopolitical and intrastate dynamics are insufficient, on their own, for understanding China's rise, and the same holds true for economic analyses, however pertinent. Instead, this book looks at current engagements with models of China's past, introducing the four traditional lenses of Chinese thought and reflecting on their potential relevance for China's—and the world's—future.