Cultural debates since the 1980s

Author: Guo Shuanglin
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The "Twentieth-Century Chinese Academic Debates Series" is a large-scale book series that combines research value, intellectual depth, academic rigor, and readability. It is a comprehensive collection of important academic thoughts on Chinese philosophy, history, literature, and art from the 20th century, comprising four volumes and 40 books. The authors of the series, with a rigorous scholarly spirit, scientific argumentation methods, and fluent writing, adhere to the principle of "history and theory combined, description and evaluation integrated," striving to reflect historical objectivity, present viewpoints comprehensively and accurately, and narrate processes concisely. The series has essentially clarified the main issues of academic debates in the fields of philosophy, history, literature, and art over the past century, provided realistic analyses of the debates listed, and reexamined various important debate materials from a historical and panoramic perspective. This has led to new insights and a deeper understanding of the debates. The book selects and discusses 11 of the most important issues debated during the development of modern Chinese historiography, including discussions on historical studies around the May Fourth Movement and the division of ancient Chinese history, among others.