Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 266 pages)
ISBN:
9789004203884
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011 volume 4
Content:
Preliminary Material /V. Murthy -- Chapter One. Introduction: Zhang Taiyan And Chinese Modernity /V. Murthy -- Chapter Two. Zhang’s Critique Of Kang Youwei: Anti-Manchuism, The National Essence, And Revolution /V. Murthy -- Chapter Three. Buddhist Epistemology And Modern Self-Identity: Zhang Taiyan’s “On Establishing Religion” /V. Murthy -- Chapter Four. Transfiguring Modern Temporality: Zhang Taiyan’s Critique Of Evolutionary History /V. Murthy -- Chapter Five. Daoist Equalization Against The Universal Principle: Zhang Taiyan’s Critique Of Late Qing Political Theory /V. Murthy -- Conclusion Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun, Wang Hui: The Politics Of Imagining A Better Future /V. Murthy -- Bibliography /V. Murthy -- Index /V. Murthy.
Content:
Zhang Taiyan (1868-1936) is famous for being one of the first thinkers in China to promote revolution in the early twentieth century. Scholars have addressed Zhang’s revolutionary and nationalist thought, but until this work there has not been any sustained engagement with Zhang’s Buddhist writings which aimed to understand and criticize the world from the perspective of consciousness. These philosophical works are significant because they exemplify how, as Chinese intellectuals entered the global capitalist world, they constantly tried to find resources to create an alternative. As the author argues in the conclusion, this desire to create an alternative to capitalism remained throughout twentieth century China and continues today in the works of critical intellectuals such as Wang Hui. Thus this work is important not only to understand our past, but to hope for a better future
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-258) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203877
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004203877
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Murthy, Viren The political philosophy of Zhang Taiyan Leiden : Brill, 2011 ISBN 9789004203877
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Zhang, Binglin 1868-1936
;
Politische Philosophie
