The Liberation of the Object and the Interrogation of Modernity
Rethinking The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6008374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wang Hui (0009-0008-6524-0925), Hui Wang (0000-0001-5109-8691, Tsinghua University, corresponding author), Wang Hui Wang Hui (Tsinghua University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 114-140 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700407309275 |
| OpenAlex | W2086869640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This article, a reflection on the author's tetralogy The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, focuses on three sets of antithetical concepts—empire and nation-state, rational bureaucracy ( junxian zhi) and feudal system ( fengjian zhi), rites/music and institutions—“continuity and rupture” in history and the idea of the trend of the times ( shishi); and the question of scientific outlook and national knowledge. It argues the importance of liberating the historical world of thought from the position as an object for our observation and transforming it into a perspective from which we can reflect on and observe the modern world of ours
Aesthetics · Art · Bureaucracy · Dual (grammatical number · Empire · Epistemology · Feudalism · Interrogation · Literature · Modernity · Object (grammar · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |