Format:
Online Ressource (xviii, 741 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789004139190
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9004139192
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1429408170
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9781429408172
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia 0169-9563 vol. 64
Content:
"Mapping Meanings is essentially a broad-ranged introduction to China's intellectual entry into the family of nations. Written by a fine selection of experts, it guides the reader into the terrain of China's (late Qing) encounter with Western knowledge and modern sciences, and at the same time connects convincingly to the broader question of the mobility of knowledge. The late Qing literati's pursue of New Learning was a transnational practice inseparable from the local context. "Mapping Meanings therefore attempts to highlight what the encountered global knowledge could have meant to specific social actors in the specific historical situation. Subjects included are the transformation of the examination system, the establishment of academic disciplines, and new social actors and questions of new terminologies. Both an introduction and a reference work on the subject
Note:
Collection of contributions to the international conference "Translating Western Knowledge into late Imperial China," held at the ... University of Gottingen University in Dec. 1999. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
9004139192
Additional Edition:
9789004139190
Additional Edition:
Print version Mapping meanings
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books
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