{"product_id":"the-rise-of-modern-chinese-thought-hardcover","title":"The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHui Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Gibbs Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of China's philosophical confrontation with modernity, available for the first time in English.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean for China to be modern, or for modernity to be Chinese? How is the notion of historical rupture--a fundamental distinction between tradition and modernity--compatible or not with the history of Chinese thought? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese questions animate \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Modern Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, a sprawling intellectual history considered one of the most significant achievements of modern Chinese scholarship, available here in English for the first time. Wang Hui traces the seventh-century origins of three key ideas--\"principle\" (\u003ci\u003eli\u003c\/i\u003e), \"things\" (\u003ci\u003ewu\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"propensity\" (\u003ci\u003eshi\u003c\/i\u003e)--and analyzes their continual evolution up to the beginning of the twentieth century. Confucian scholars grappled with the problem of linking transcendental law to the material world, thought to action--a goal that Wang argues became outdated as China's socioeconomic conditions were radically transformed during the Song Dynasty. Wang shows how the epistemic shifts of that time period produced a new intellectual framework that has proven both durable and malleable, influencing generations of philosophers and even China's transformation from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century. In a new preface, Wang also reflects on responses to his book since its original publication in Chinese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith theoretical rigor and uncommon insight into the roots of contemporary political commitments, Wang delivers a masterpiece of scholarship that is overdue in translation. Through deep readings of key figures and classical texts, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Modern Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e provides an account of Chinese philosophy and history that will transform our understanding of the modern not only in China but around the world.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1088\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.81 x 9.37 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503656878258,"sku":"9780674046764","price":101.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/eeb4a1cf6457167b817eaf8bf3cb7e98.webp?v=1779495887","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-rise-of-modern-chinese-thought-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}