| Tradition and Modernity: A Humanist View Contributor(s): Chen, Lai (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004165789 ISBN-13: 9789004165786 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: The Question for Twentieth-Century China has been the integration of tradition and modernity. In this collection of essays written over a period of some twenty years (1987-2006), Chen Lai reflects on the question in an informative and original way. He reads behind the political slogans and engages with the thought both of Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Western sociology, and representative Chinese thinkers, notably Feng Youlan and Liang Shuming. While the focus is on China, the book also appeals to anyone interested in this fascinating question of how to modernise whilst retaining the positive values of tradition. Chen Lais unique and balanced grasp of society marks him out as the foremost thinker in China on this topic today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Religion | Confucianism - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181.112 |
| LCCN: 2009012452 |
| Series: Brill's Humanities in China Library |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.7" (1.70 lbs) 386 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Question for Twentieth-Century China has been the integration of tradition and modernity. In this collection of essays written over a period of some twenty years (1987-2006), Chen Lai reflects on the question in an informative and original way. He reads behind the political slogans and engages with the thought both of Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Western sociology, and representative Chinese thinkers, notably Feng Youlan and Liang Shuming. While the focus is on China, the book also appeals to anyone interested in this fascinating question of how to modernise whilst retaining the positive values of tradition. Chen Lai's unique and balanced grasp of society marks him out as the foremost thinker in China on this topic today. |