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Intellectual Discourse in Reform Era China: The Debate on the Spirit of the Humanities in the 1990s book cover

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Intellectual Discourse in Reform Era China The Debate on the Spirit of the Humanities in the 1990s

By Giorgio Strafella Copyright 2017
176 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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This book explores intellectual discourse in reform era China by analysing the so-called “debate on the spirit of the Humanities”, which occurred in the years 1993-95, and which is recognised by scholars as one of the most interesting, influential and important debates of the 1990s. This debate, in which Chinese intellectuals reflected on reform-era mass culture and on their role in society, was... Read more

1. Introduction

2. A State of Flux

3. Change as Direction

4. The Limits of Choice

5. Choice as Place

6. Spiritual Borders

7. The West as a Resource

Conclusion

Biography

Giorgio Strafella is a Research Fellow in the Department of Chinese Culture and Society at the University of St Gallen

"Giorgio Strafella's Intellectual Discourse on Reform Era China is the first book-length study in China of a significant event among Chinese intellectuals in the 1990s: a debate that erupted on the spirit of the humanities in China [...] Strafella's keyword approach adds a fresh perspective to our understanding of the debate as well as the fairclough - an approach that is markedly English-language-based - brings a native Chinese speaker would not normally see. [...] Strafella's book is an admirable study that deserves further critical attention. "

- Haomin Gong, in The China Journal

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