China's Search for Modernity : Cultural Discourse in the Late 20th Century (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE INQUIRY INTO HISTORY China's Historical Stagnation: Social and Economic Reasons China's Historical Stagnation: The Aspect of Science PART II: THE EXAMINATION OF CULTURE Towards a Modern Concept of Culture Re-imagining East-West Divide: Culture and Personality PART III: CULTURE AND MODERNIZATION The Significance of China's Cultural Tradition in Modernization The Imagination of Modernity and Pre-modernity in the 1990s Intellectuals and the Discourse Conclusion Appendices Endnotes and References Bibliography Index