Liberal cosmopolitan : Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity
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Liberal cosmopolitan : Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity
(Ideas, history, and modern China, v. 3)
Brill, 2011
- : hbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Chinese modernity discourses have been dominated by nationalism and revolutionary radicalism in much of the 20th century, but liberal cosmopolitanism has always been an important force in modern Chinese intellectuality, though a much neglected topic in modern Chinese studies. This book is a cross-cultural critique on the problem of the liberal cosmopolitan in modern Chinese intellectuality in light of Lin Yutang's literary and cultural practices across China and America. It includes comparative reference to other discourses of major literary and intellectual figures such as Zhang Zhidong, Liang Qichao, Gu Hongming, Hu Shi, Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Pearl S. Buck, Agnes Smedley and Edgar Snow. It also demonstrates that a liberal cosmopolitan road, which suggests a middling Chinese modernity, is both possible and desirable.
Table of Contents
Contents
1. Introduction: Re-discovering Lin Yutang in the Post-Mao Era
2. Chinese Modernity: Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Liberal Cosmopolitan Alternative
3. Enlightenment and National Salvation: The Politics of a Liberal Nationalist
4. "Little Critic": "Returned" Professionals and the Cosmopolitan Modern
5. A Cross-cultural Aesthetic of Life: Translating "Xingling" into "Self-expression," "Xianshi" into "Leisure" and "Humor" into "Youmo"
6. Oriental Other: The Business of Translating Chinese and American Cultures
7. Cosmopolitan Difference: Critique of Imperialism and Debating "Chinahands"
8. Conclusion: What a Liberal Cosmopolitan Alternative Means for Contemporary Chinese Intellectual Dilemma
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