The problem of intellectual continuity

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The problem of intellectual continuity

Joseph R. Levenson

（China : history, philosophy, economics, 14 . Confucian China and its modern fate ; v. 1）

Routledge, 2005, c1965

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Reprint. Originally published: 2nd impression (with some corrections). London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1965. (Confucian China and its modern fate / Joseph R. Levenson ; [v. 1])

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-218) and index

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Description

First published in 1958 These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes: * The critique of Idealism * Science and Ch'ing empiricism * The Ming style, in society and art * Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection * Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices * T'i and Yung * The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction * The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism * The role of nationalism * Communism * Western powers and Chinese revolutions * Language change and the problem of continuity

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 THE TONE OF EARLY-MODERN CHINESE INTELLECTUAL CULTURE
  • Chapter 1 The Abortiveness of Empiricism in Early Ch'ing Thought
  • THE CRITIQUE OF IDEALISM
  • SCIENCE AND CH'ING EMPIRICISM: THEIR DEGREE OF COINCIDENCE
  • SCIENCE AND CH'ING EMPIRICISM: THEIR NON-IDENTITY
  • PROTEST AND STABILITY: THE REMINISCENCE OF AN EARLIER AFFIRMATION
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 2 The Amateur Ideal in Ming and Early Ch'ing Society: Evidence from Painting
  • THE MING STYLE, IN SOCIETY AND ART
  • THE PARADOX OF AN ACADEMIC ANTI-ACADEMICISM
  • , CONCLUSION: MODERNIZATION AS THE CORROSION OF THE AMATEUR IDEAL
  • Chapter 2a Interlude: Confucianism and the End of the Taoist Connection
  • Part 2 CHINESE CULTURE IN ITS MODERN METAMORPHOSES: THE TENSIONS OF INTELLECTUAL CHOICE
  • Chapter 3 Eclecticism in the Area of Native Chinese Choices
  • CONSIDERATIONS OF TIME BECOME CONSIDERATIONS OF SPACE
  • THE ECLECTICISM OF TSENG KUO-FAN
  • THE ENCROACHMENT OF 'CHINA' ON GENERAL JUDGMENTS OF VALUE
  • Chapter 4 T'i and Yung-'Substance' and 'Function'
  • THE RATIONALIZATION
  • THE FALLACY
  • , REJECTION OF T'I-YUNG AND REJECTION OF INNOVATION: WO-JEN
  • REJECTION OF T'I-YUNG AND SEARCH FOR A NEW RATIONALIZATION: THE CLASSICAL SANCTION
  • Chapter 5 The Chin-Wen School and the Classical Sanction
  • NEW VALUES INJECTED INTO CHINESE HISTORY: K'ANG YU-WEI
  • , Chapter 6 The Modern Ku-wen Opposition, Reactionary and Revolutionary, to Chin-wen Reformism
  • THE REACTIONARY KU-WEN ATTACK
  • THE REVOLUTIONARY KU-WEN ATTACK
  • THE CLASSICS AND HISTORY
  • Chapter 7 The Role of Nationalism in the Disowning of the Past
  • THE ATTACK ON THE MANCHUS
  • CULTURALISM AND NATIONALISM AS COMPETITORS FOR LOYALTY
  • THE REINTEGRATION OF TRADITION INTO NATIONALISM
  • Chapter 8 Emphasis on General Validity: (1) As a Defence of Tradition
  • 'SELECT THE BEST IN EAST AND WEST'
  • EXAMPLE: TS'AI YUEAN-P'EI
  • 'MATTER' AND 'SPIRIT': THE T'I-YUNG RATIONALIZATION IN EXTREMIS
  • Chapter 9 Emphasis on General Validity: (2) As an Attack on Tradition
  • CONFUCIANISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND CHINESE SELECTIVITY
  • THE PR

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