Paradigm Shifts In Chinese Studies

Author : Shiping Hua
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811680337

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This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of "de-coupling," indicating that the engagement policy with China in the last four decade is ending. The "modernization theory" that is the theoretical foundation of the engagement policy has proved to be wrong. This situation calls for a reexamination of the field of China studies. Historically, scholarly paradigms shifts often went hand in hand with drastic social change. As we have entered an era of great uncertainty, it is constructive to reflect on the paradigms in China studies in the past and explore the possibility of new paradigms in the future. How are the shifts of major theories, methods and paradigms in China studies in the west related to social change? How did some of China's paradigms impact on the country's social change and developments? This book will appeal to a wide readership, including scholars and graduate students, upper division undergraduate students of China studies, Asian studies. Shiping Hua is Calvin & Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program, Professor of Political Science at The University of Louisville, USA.

Author : Shiping Hua
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811680328

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Paradigm Shifts in Chinese Studies by Shiping Hua Pdf

This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of “de-coupling,” indicating that the engagement policy with China in the last four decade is ending. The “modernization theory” that is the theoretical foundation of the engagement policy has proved to be insufficient. This situation calls for a reexamination of the field of China studies. Historically, scholarly paradigms shifts often went hand in hand with drastic social change. As we have entered an era of great uncertainty, it is constructive to reflect on the paradigms in China studies in the past and explore the possibility of new paradigms in the future. How are the shifts of major theories, methods and paradigms in China studies in the west related to social change? How did some of China’s paradigms impact on the country’s social change and developments? This book will appeal to a wide readership, including scholars and graduate students, upper division undergraduate students of China studies, Asian studies.

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004385726

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Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion by John Lagerwey Pdf

From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Chinese religion, politics, and culture. It serves as the introduction to the eight-volume Early and Modern Chinese Religion.

Author : Weixing R. Hu,Gerald Chan,Daojiong Zha
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461678588

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China's International Relations in the 21st Century by Weixing R. Hu,Gerald Chan,Daojiong Zha Pdf

Most people believe China's foreign behavior is driven by its growing power status in world politics. Chinese leaders still firmly uphold some traditional values in foreign policy such as sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national unification. However, it is often neglected that China's behavior is also shaped by its changing perception of the globalizing world and, to a large extent, is a result of external pressure on China. By examining the dynamics of paradigm shifts in China's foreign policy thinking, this book explores the ideological sources of China's international relations in the new century. With growing economic interdependence with the outside world, which creates both constraints as well as incentives to adapt to the prevailing norms in contemporary international relations, authors of this volume analyze indigenous Chinese sources of intellect on the paradigm shifts. The concepts studied in this volume include national identity, nationalism, globalism, multilateralism, sovereignty, and the role of international law in Chinese foreign policy. This volume helps to shed new light on how the dynamics of paradigm shifts affect China's behavior in international affairs.

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : China
ISBN : 9004385762

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Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion by John Lagerwey Pdf

From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Chinese religion, politics, and culture. It serves as the introduction to the eight-volume Early and Modern Chinese Religion.

Author : Sheldon H. Lu,Haomin Gong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000697872

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Ecology and Chinese-Language Cinema by Sheldon H. Lu,Haomin Gong Pdf

This edited collection explores new developments in the burgeoning field of Chinese ecocinema, examining a variety of works from local productions to global market films, spanning the Maoist era to the present. The ten chapters examine films with ecological significance in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including documentaries, feature films, blockbusters and independent productions. Covering not only well-known works, such as Under the Dome, Wolf Totem, Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracts, and Mermaid, this book also provides analysis of less well-known but critically important works, such as Anchorage Prohibited, Luzon, and Three Flower/Tri-Color. The unique perspectives this book provides, along with the comprehensive engagement with existing Chinese and English scholarship, not only extend the scope of the growing field of ecocinematic studies, but also seeks to reform the means through which Chinese-language eco-films are understood in the years to come. Ecology and Chinese-Language Ecocinema will be of huge interest to students and scholars in the fields of Chinese cinema, environmental studies, media and communication studies.

Author : Weigui Fang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811335587

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Modern Notions of Civilization and Culture in China by Weigui Fang Pdf

This Key Concepts pivot examines the fundamental Chinese ideas of ‘Civilization’ and ‘culture’, considering their extensive influence both over Chinese society and East Asian societies. The pivot analyses the traditional connotations of those two concepts and their evolution in the Sino-Western exchanges as well as their renewed interpretation and application by contemporary Chinese scholars. It analyses how the years 1840-1900 which mark a period of major transition in China challenged these concepts, and highlights how the pursuit of innovation and international perspective gave birth to new values ​​and paradigm shifts, and culminated in the May Fourth New Culture Movement. Considering the underlying humanistic ideas in the key concepts of traditional Chinese civilisation and culture, this pivot contributes to this series of Chinese Key Concept by offering a unique analysis of the conceptual evolutions brought about by the change of values in 21st century China.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428960015

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China's New Regulations on Religious Affairs: a Paradigm Shift? by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas David DuBois,Jan Kiely
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000734683

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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History by Thomas David DuBois,Jan Kiely Pdf

This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the previous generations of scholars who ventured out of the archive to conduct local investigations in Chinese cities, villages, farms and temples. It goes on to present the techniques of historical fieldwork, providing guidance on how to integrate oral history into research plans and archival research, conduct interviews, and locate sources in the field. Chapters by established researchers relate these techniques to specific types of fieldwork, including religion, the imperial past, natural environments and agriculture. Combining the past and the future of the craft, the book provides a rich resource for scholars coming new to fieldwork in the history of China.

Author : Naomi Thurston
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004363076

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Studying Christianity in China by Naomi Thurston Pdf

Naomi Thurston has investigated the emerging field of “Sino-Christian studies” in contemporary China. Based on extensive fieldwork in Chinese academic settings, the book explores a genuine frontier in the examination of Chinese intellectual encounters with theology and Christian culture.

Author : Yongnian Zheng
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000642391

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Civilization and the Chinese Body Politic by Yongnian Zheng Pdf

In this important and hugely ambitious book, one of the world’s leading political scientists working on China demonstrates how Western views of China are flawed because the long tradition of Western scholarship studying China views China from the Western philosophical and intellectual perspective rather than viewing China on its own terms through the lens of China’s own long-established and reputable philosophical and intellectual tradition. Providing a deep analysis of Western scholarship on China, including work from Leibniz to Marx to Weber and then to Wittfogel, and a thorough account of the evolution of China’s own thinking about governance as expressed in the practices of successive Chinese dynasties, the book goes on to examine how the current Chinese body politic fits with and is the natural outcome of China’s own long, well-thought-through and well-practiced intellectual consideration of what the nature of civilized governance should be. By focusing on philosophical and intellectual approaches rather than on theoretical or methodological ones, the book shows how the huge and increasing disconnect between non-Chinese views of China and Chinese ones has come about.

Author : Zhu Hu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000983579

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A History of Qing Economy Studies by Zhu Hu Pdf

This book is a historiographical study of the economic history of the Qing dynasty that systematically examines the research paradigms underlying the range of historical studies conducted over the past century. In reviewing historical studies of the economic history of the Qing dynasty from an epistemological and methodological perspective, the book explores how this research area emerged and developed and explores the three major paradigms that dominate the field: the revolutionary historical paradigm based on productive relations; the modernization paradigm centring on productivity and the Chinese-centric approach that seeks to understand the internal momentum of economic development. It is shown that shifts in paradigms derive not only from the linear derivation of academic ideas but are also closely related to wider changes in society and social discourse. Hence, the author proposes an approach that studies economic and social history with an emphasis on social practice, shedding light on a better understanding of the direction of China’s economic history. The title will benefit scholars and students interested in economic history and modern Chinese history.

Author : Saw Swee-Hock,John Wong
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812304049

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Southeast Asian Studies in China by Saw Swee-Hock,John Wong Pdf

Traces the development of Southeast Asian Studies in China, discusses the current status of these studies, examines the problems encountered in the pursuit of these studies, and attempts to evaluate their prospects in the years ahead.

Author : Kay Cheng Soh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811088605

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Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore by Kay Cheng Soh Pdf

This book presents the experiences of Chinese Language researchers in Singapore to Chinese Language researchers and teachers in other countries and regions, such as the USA, the UK and Asia, that are home to a large number of learners, young and old. As such, the innovative ideas it provides can be applied in practising teachers’ classrooms to promote more effective and efficient student learning. Beyond pedagogical innovations, the book also includes papers on the assessment of Chinese Language learning and teacher literacy – two areas that have been largely neglected by the Chinese Language research and teaching communities, not only here in Singapore, but also around the world. This book, the sequel to “Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore: Retrospect and Challenges” (Springer, 2016), is future-oriented, highlighting ideas that merit further attention from researchers and practitioners alike.

Author : Nicola Spakowski,Cecilia Nathansen Milwertz
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 3825893049

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Women and Gender in Chinese Studies by Nicola Spakowski,Cecilia Nathansen Milwertz Pdf

The 'State of the World's Girls' report has tackled many topics: girls in the global economy; education; girls affected by conflict and by disaster; the new digital world and its implications, both negative and positive, for girls' lives; the challenges and risks of increasing urbanisation; working with men and boys; and looked at attitudinal, structural and institutional barriers to gender equality.