The Origin Context of Modernity in Chinese Literature

Author: Zheng Jiajian
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Currently, there are nearly a hundred theoretical expressions of "modernity" in academia. However, this book explores the following questions: Compared to Western modernity, does "Chinese modernity" exist? To what extent is Chinese modernity influenced by traditional factors compared to the linear forward temporal concept inherent in Western modernity? Compared to Western modernity's emphasis on instrumental theory and the construction of the nation-state, how do the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese modernity manifest in its imagination of these proposals? These questions are comprehensive in content, novel in perspective, and combine knowledge, theory, and scientific rigor, making them highly worth reading.