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Cosmopolitanism in China, 1600–1950
Dear Colleagues,
Cambria Press is proud to announce the publication of Cosmopolitanism in China, 1600–1950 by edited by Minghui Hu (University of Santa Cruz) and Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University). Contributors are Wang Hui, James Frankel, Benjamin Elman, Sun Jiang, Stephen Roddy, Chang So-An, and R. Kent Guy. See author bios.
"This book provides a wide-ranging display of the ways in which 'cosmopolitanism' has meaning in China, c. 1600–c. 1900 and how these possibilities were reduced subsequently. Significantly, the volume shows the meanings of cosmopolitanism for different kinds of people in Qing China, including Manchus, Muslims, Koreans (in relation to the Qing, if not in the Qing). It further explicates the multiple framings within which different modalities of cosmopolitanism were achieved, including Buddhist and Confucian. It also shows cosmopolitanism not merely as a feature of thought, but suggests implications of such approaches in matters of governance. Creating multiple challenges to conventional views of early modern and modern China, this important book offers opportunities to craft a more sensible and persuasive understanding of how China’s early modern regional world became part of a late twentieth-century Inner Asian and East Asian world region." —R. Bin Wong, Distinguished Professor of History, UCLA; and Director, UCLA Asia Institute
"By exploring the historical links between Confucian cosmology, imperial ideology, political identities and interests, Cosmopolitanism in China changes the terms of understanding cosmopolitanism. It throws into relief the special character of cosmopolitanisms in Europe, South Asia and other parts of the world and thus begins the task of building a true cosmopolitanism for the planet." —Prasenjit Duara, Oscar Tang Professor of East Asian Studies, Duke University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction (Minghui Hu and Johan Elverskog)
Part I: Cosmopolitan Empire
Chapter 2: Making Manchus and Muslims: Cosmopolitan Identities in Qing China (James Frankel)
Chapter 3: The Appointment of Tian Wenjing and Cosmopolitanism in Qing Provincial Government (R. Kent Guy)
Part II: Academic Visions
Chapter 4: From Special Methodologies to Cosmopolitan Vision (Chang So-an and Minghui Hu)
Chapter 5: Toward Buddhist Cosmopolitanism: The Pan-Asian Vision of Gong Zizhen (Stephen Roddy)
Part III: Contact and Exchange
Chapter 6: Kim Chong-hui (1786-1856): A Late Choson Korean Polymath in the Cosmopolitan World of Qing China (Benjamin Elman)
Chapter 7: Cultural Solidarity in Troubled Times: The Inspiration of Yu Yue (Stephen Roddy)
Part IV: Culture and Politics
Chapter 8: Did the Yellow Emperor Come from Babylonia? Debating the Origins of Chinese Civilization in East Asia (Sun Jiang and Minghui Hu)
Chapter 9: Why Culture?: The Great War and Du Yaquan’s Civilizational Discourse (Wang Hui and Minghui Hu)
References
Index
Read excerpts from each chapter.
This book will be launched at this week’s AAS conference in Seattle. See the book at the Cambria Press booth (#600) in the book exhibit hall. Dr. Hu and Dr. Elverskog will also be at the Cambria Sinophone World Series event on Saturday (April 2) at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the book. Buy the book from Amazon, which is offering free shipping.
by denton.2 at osu.edu on April 2, 2016
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