The Origin and Evaluation of Westernized Thinking

Author: Zhang Shibao
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book examines the of Westernization in the 20th century in four chronological periods: the "Zhongtai Xiyong" of the 19th century, the Westernization before and after the Xinhai Revolution, the Westernization during the May Fourth Movement, and the Westernization in the 1930s and 1940s. It also includes five parts: Westernization in Taiwan and overseas in the second half of the 20th century, Westernization in mainland China in the second half of the 20th century, the "Western Learning School" during the Ming-Qing transition, and the "Zhongtai Xiyong" of the 19th century. The first seven chapters of the book provide a relatively comprehensive discussion of the Westernization. In the eighth chapter, it discusses the views on Chinese and Western cultures of some representative Marxists, conducting a systematic and in-depth historical examination of the rise and evolution of Westernization in modern Chinese thought over the past four hundred years. The book primarily uses the conceptual framework of "reflexive modernity" and "reflexivity on modernity" to analyze and evaluate Westernization and related. Through a combination of historical analysis and comparative methods (both horizontal and vertical), it deepens the study of Westernization.