The Power of PositionBeijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929

Beijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929 (Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China, 3)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20004564
AutoresTimothy B Weston (autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Páginas338
Fecha de publicación2004-02-27
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe Power of Position (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520237674.001.0001
OpenAlexW4300880622
Open LibraryOL7711645M
ISBN9780520237674
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals—from the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Why this should be—how Beida's historical importance has come to transcend that of a mere institution of higher learning—is a question at the heart of this book. A study of intellectuals and political culture during the past century's tumultuous early decades, it focuses on Beida, China's oldest and best-known national university, and portrays the university as a key locus used by intellectuals to increase their influence in society. The author analyzes the links between intellectuals' political and cultural commitments and their specific manner of living. He also compares Beijing's intellectual culture with that of the rising metropolis of Shanghai. What emerges is a complex picture of life at China's leading university, especially in the decades leading up to the May Fourth Movement

Beijing · China · Cultural politics · Cultural revolution · Economic history · Institution · Media studies · New Culture Movement · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Law · asia · Asia - China · Asia - General · Beijing da xue · Education · higher · Higher education and state · History: American · Teaching · USA