Voices from the Chinese Century
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Edited by:
Joshua Fogel
, Timothy Cheek and David Ownby
About this book
Author / Editor information
David Ownby is professor of Chinese history at the University of Montréal. He is the editor and translator of Xu Jilin’s Rethinking China’s Rise: A Liberal Critique (2018), among other works.
Joshua A. Fogel is Canada Research Chair in Modern Chinese Studies at York University. His many books include Maiden Voyage: The Senzaimaru and the Creation of Modern Sino-Japanese Relations (2014).
Reviews
Few countries will do more to shape the twenty-first century than China. But who will shape China? This is a necessary book introducing us to key ideas for the future of Chinese politics and society. Many of the voices translated in this volume not only affect the debates going on in China today but will influence what issues the Chinese consider important tomorrow.
Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania:
This splendid anthology features intellectual voices of different ideological camps in contemporary China. The masterfully selected and translated texts represent both academic writings and popular internet genres. Extremely timely and important for understanding China’s changing social and political trends. A treasure trove for teaching and research.
Aminda Smith, Michigan State University:
Voices from the Chinese Century is an immensely important and incredibly timely book, broadly relevant beyond the field of China studies. The translations are exemplary; these translators have pulled it off beautifully.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, coauthor of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know:
A joint effort by scholars with stellar track records, this collection is a valuable and timely contribution to the literature on Chinese thought and politics. It allows readers outside the country a unique chance to eavesdrop on and appreciate the stakes in the spirited debates that continue among Chinese intellectuals.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Introduction: Thinking China in the Age of Xi Jinping
1 - PART I: THE CHALLENGE
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1. “Unifying the Three Traditions” in the New Era (selection) (2005)
29 - PART II: LIBERAL VOICES
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2. Liberalism in the Chinese Context (2004)
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3. A China Bereft of Thought (2013)
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4. Original Intentions Start with the People (2017)
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5. “The Shadow of Communist Civilization”: A Gongshi Wang ( Consensus Net) Interview (2013)
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6. Advancing Constitutional Democracy Should Be the Mission of the Chinese Communist Party (2013)
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7. “I Am a Child of the Nineteenth Century”: The Last Twenty Years of Wang Yuanhua’s Life (2008)
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8. Mao Zedong and His Era (2012)
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9. From Authoritarian Government to Constitutional Democracy (2012)
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10. Liberalism: For the Aristocrats or for the People? (1999)
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11. Representative Democracy and Representational Democracy (2014)
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12. The Significance of Borders (2017)
267 - PART IV: NEW CONFUCIAN VOICES
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13. Kang Youwei and Institutional Confucianism (2014)
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14. A Century of Confucianism (2014)
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15. Only Confucians Can Make a Place for Modern Women (2015)
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Glossary of Names and Terms
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List of Essays Translated in This Volume, with Original Titles
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Contributors
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Index
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