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Voices from the Chinese century : public intellectual debate from contemporary China / edited by Timothy Cheek, David Ownby, and Joshua Fogel.

Contributor(s): Cheek, Timothy [editor.] | Ownby, David, 1958- [editor.] | Fogel, Joshua A, 1950- [editor.]Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2020Description: vi, 388 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231195225 ; 9780231195232; 9780231551250Subject(s): China -- Politics and government -- 2002- | China -- Social conditions -- 2000- | China -- Intellectual life -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 320.951
Contents:
"Unifying the three traditions" in the new era (selection) (2005) / Gan Yang -- Liberalism in the Chinese context (2004) / Liu Qing -- A China bereft of thought (2013) / Rong Jian -- Original intentions start with the people (2017) / Guo Yuhua -- The shadow of Communist civilization: Gongshiwang interview (2013) / Guo Yuhua -- Advancing constitutional democracy should be the mission of the CCP (2013) / Cai Xia -- The last years of Wang Yuanhua's life (2008) / Xu Jilin -- Mao Zedong and his era (2012) / Qian Liqun -- From authoritarian government to constitutional democracy (2012) / Xiao Gongqin -- Liberalism: for the aristocrats or for the people? (1999) / Gan Yang -- Representative democracy and representational democracy (2014) / Wang Shaoguang -- The significance of borders (2017) / Sun Ge -- Kang Youwei and institutional Confucianism (2014) / Chen Ming et al -- A century of Confucianism (2014) / Chen Lai -- Only Confucians can make a place for modern women (2015) / Jiang Qing.
Summary: "China’s increasing prominence on the global stage has caused consternation and controversy among Western thinkers, especially since the financial crisis of 2008. But what do Chinese intellectuals themselves have to say about their country’s newfound influence and power? 'Voices from the Chinese Century' brings together a selection of essays from representative leading thinkers that open a window into public debate in China today on fundamental questions of China and the world—past, present, and future. The voices in this volume include figures from each of China’s main intellectual clusters: liberals, the New Left, and New Confucians. In genres from scholarly analyses to social media posts, often using Party-approved language that hides indirect criticism, these essayists offer a wide range of perspectives on how to understand China’s history and its place in the twenty-first-century world. They explore questions such as the relationship of political and economic reforms; the distinctiveness of China’s history and what to take from its traditions; what can or should be learned from the West; and how China fits into today’s eruption of populist anger and challenges to the global order. The fifteen original translations in this volume not only offer insight into contemporary China but also prompt us to ask what Chinese intellectuals might have to teach Europe and North America about the world’s most pressing problems."-- Taken from publisher's website. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/voices-from-the-chinese-century/9780231195232.
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"Unifying the three traditions" in the new era (selection) (2005) / Gan Yang -- Liberalism in the Chinese context (2004) / Liu Qing -- A China bereft of thought (2013) / Rong Jian -- Original intentions start with the people (2017) / Guo Yuhua -- The shadow of Communist civilization: Gongshiwang interview (2013) / Guo Yuhua -- Advancing constitutional democracy should be the mission of the CCP (2013) / Cai Xia -- The last years of Wang Yuanhua's life (2008) / Xu Jilin -- Mao Zedong and his era (2012) / Qian Liqun -- From authoritarian government to constitutional democracy (2012) / Xiao Gongqin -- Liberalism: for the aristocrats or for the people? (1999) / Gan Yang -- Representative democracy and representational democracy (2014) / Wang Shaoguang -- The significance of borders (2017) / Sun Ge -- Kang Youwei and institutional Confucianism (2014) / Chen Ming et al -- A century of Confucianism (2014) / Chen Lai -- Only Confucians can make a place for modern women (2015) / Jiang Qing.

"China’s increasing prominence on the global stage has caused consternation and controversy among Western thinkers, especially since the financial crisis of 2008. But what do Chinese intellectuals themselves have to say about their country’s newfound influence and power? 'Voices from the Chinese Century' brings together a selection of essays from representative leading thinkers that open a window into public debate in China today on fundamental questions of China and the world—past, present, and future. The voices in this volume include figures from each of China’s main intellectual clusters: liberals, the New Left, and New Confucians. In genres from scholarly analyses to social media posts, often using Party-approved language that hides indirect criticism, these essayists offer a wide range of perspectives on how to understand China’s history and its place in the twenty-first-century world. They explore questions such as the relationship of political and economic reforms; the distinctiveness of China’s history and what to take from its traditions; what can or should be learned from the West; and how China fits into today’s eruption of populist anger and challenges to the global order. The fifteen original translations in this volume not only offer insight into contemporary China but also prompt us to ask what Chinese intellectuals might have to teach Europe and North America about the world’s most pressing problems."-- Taken from publisher's website.

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/voices-from-the-chinese-century/9780231195232.

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