The "Chinese Century" and the dynamics of knowledge in a longue durée

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ID3878064
AuthorsLiang Hongling (0000-0001-9277-0704, University of Glasgow, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume27
Issue2
Pages227-239
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0921374015585229
OpenAlexW1813775269
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

Contemporary discourses of "Asian Century" or "Chinese Century" lead to the belief that economic growth and participation of world politics of Asian nations are changing today's world. However, we also wonder to what extent it will restructure our world, if today's world and our common future are still conceptualized and imagined according to the foundation of knowledge that was and is still offered by the history of Western civilization and if we still remain as consumers of universal modernity within the language frame of development and modernization. This article offers some reflections on the decoloniality of knowledge in the Chinese context. To better understand the historic process as well as to open discussions to make possible changes from a broader perspective, we will look at two moments in Chinese academia: one is related to educational movements in the beginning of the last century and the second is in regard to some new trends in the current Chinese anthropological scene

Civilization · Decoloniality · Epistemology · Modernity · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Wonder · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy

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