Thoughts and Schools - Research on Modern Chinese Thought and Culture (Zheng Shiqiu)

Author: Zheng Shiqiu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is part of the Contemporary Chinese Historians Collection, and the author, Zheng Shiqiu, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Department of History, Beijing Normal University. He has long been engaged in teaching and research on modern Chinese history and the history of modern Chinese intellectual culture. This book is a thematic publication selected from Professor Zheng Shiqiu's previously published works and papers, focusing on the cultural trends and schools of thought in modern China. The content of the book mainly includes five aspects:
1. The changes in social and cultural trends and modern cultural nationalism;
2. Missionaries, Western learning, and the transformation of customs;
3. The National Essence School and National Essenceism;
4. The School of Balance and New Humanism;
5. Case studies on the cultural and intellectual thought of important scholars such as Liang Qichao, Yan Fu, Zhang Taiyan, Qian Xuantong, Du Yaquan, and Wu Mi.
The book pays attention to the interaction between society and culture, particularly focusing on the changes in social and cultural trends in China during key turning points such as the period after the Opium War, the early 20th century, and the post-World War I era. It combines the study of trends and schools of thought with the study of individuals and groups, thereby demonstrating a broad perspective. This book helps readers deepen their understanding of modern Chinese intellectual culture.