Joseph R. Levenson Confucian China and its Modern Fate

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First published in 1958These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume One includes: * The critique of Idealism* Science and Ch'ing empiricism* The Ming style, in society and art* Confucianism and the end of the Taoist connection* Eclecticism in the area of native Chinese choices* T'i and Yung * The Chin-Wen School and the classical sanction* The modern Ku-Wen opposition to Chin-Wen reformism* The role of nationalism* Communism* Western powers and Chinese revolutions* Language change and the problem of continuity