Our Era - Where does the Reality of China Come From? Where is it Going?

Author: Huang Ping
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Inviting three outstanding scholars from sociology, economics, and cultural studies in China to engage in a dialogue, providing a comprehensive review and organization of China's economic, social, and cultural thoughts since the reform and opening-up. The authors stand at a high vantage point to clear up history and face the future, embodying a pioneering spirit. The dialogue takes the social changes in modern China as the background, reflecting on the achievements and challenges, experiences and lessons since the reform and opening-up from multiple levels and angles. The dialogue not only reflects the new thinking of the academic community on Chinese issues but also offers great openness due to its practical relevance. It is a book that demonstrates cultural breadth, reviews history, focuses on the present, and practices interdisciplinary studies; a book that opens multiple windows for intellectuals to see different intellectual "sceneries"; and a book that helps the general public understand the journey of the People's Republic and the reform and opening-up, clarifying where we are headed. Recommended by Mao Yushi, Han Shao Gong, Wang Hui, and Wang Ding Ding! This book provides a fascinating example of the co-evolution of grand narrative thinking and micro-narrative thinking, reflecting the complexity of contemporary Chinese society. The exploration and debate on China's "big transformation" reveal the different understandings of this process by Chinese intellectuals engaged in the same process. Different interpretations of China's "big transformation" also imply different visions for the future of China.