The Meridian of Historians Collection of Historical Psychology

Author: Sun Longji
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: From a Sino-Western perspective, comparing Chinese and Western cultures reveals their interconnectedness. This book selects numerous articles written over the years by the renowned Chinese scholar Sun Longji, author of The Deep Structure of Chinese Culture. It focuses on both Lu Xun and the "third gender" in American popular culture alongside Eastern people, presenting well-supported arguments that are compelling.
Sun Longji, originally from Zhejiang, was born in Chongqing in 1945 and grew up in Hong Kong. He received his undergraduate education in Taiwan and earned a master's degree in history from National Taiwan University. Later, he pursued further studies in the United States, obtaining a master's degree in Russian history from the University of Minnesota, before transferring to Stanford University to specialize in East Asian history (during which time he also studied at Fudan University in Shanghai for a year) and earning his doctorate. He has taught at universities in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. His research interests are broad, with numerous published papers and significant works such as The Deep Structure of Chinese Culture and The Chinese National Character From Nationhood to Individuality.
Particularly noteworthy is The Deep Structure of Chinese Culture. In this book, the author employs structuralist methods to observe the fundamental structure of Chinese cultural behavior in the concrete details of daily life, attempting to view Chinese culture from another perspective. He analyzes the design of the "person" in Chinese culture, arguing that the individual in China is defined by the group, differing from the Western definition of the individual. This book was first published in the 1980s and had a wide influence in China at the time, spreading in photocopied form among many universities.
The author is currently a professor in the Department of History at the University of Memphis in the United States.
From a Sino-Western perspective, comparing Chinese and Western cultures reveals their interconnectedness. This book selects numerous articles by the Chinese scholar Sun Longji, focusing on both Lu Xun and the "third gender" in American popular culture alongside Eastern people, presenting well-supported arguments that are compelling.