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: Our Era: Where Does Reality China Come From and Where Is It Going is a grand book that showcases cultural breadth, reflects on history, focuses on the present, and practices interdisciplinary approaches. It is a book that opens multiple windows for intellectuals, allowing them to see different intellectual landscapes. It is a book that helps ordinary people understand the journey of the People's Republic and the reform and opening-up, clarifying where we are headed. Recommended by Ma Yuanshe, Han Shaogong, Wang Hui, and Wang Dingding!
Inviting three outstanding scholars from sociology, economics, and cultural studies in China to engage in a dialogue, this book provides a comprehensive review and of China's economic, social, and cultural development since the reform and opening-up. Standing at a high vantage point to clear up history and looking toward the future, it embodies the spirit of pioneering new trends. The dialogue, set against the backdrop of social transformation in modern China, reflects on the achievements and challenges, experiences and lessons of the reform and opening-up from multiple levels and perspectives. It not only reflects the new thinking of academia on Chinese issues but also offers vast open space due to its realistic relevance.
A grand book that showcases cultural breadth, reflects on history, focuses on the present, and practices interdisciplinary approaches. A book that opens multiple windows for intellectuals, allowing them to see different intellectual landscapes. A book that helps ordinary people understand the journey of the People's Republic and the reform and opening-up, clarifying where we are headed. Recommended by Ma Yuanshe, Han Shaogong, Wang Hui, and Wang Dingding!
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. Exploring and debating China's big transformation allows us to glimpse the different understandings of this process by Chinese intellectuals who are part of the same journey. Different interpretations of China's big transformation also imply different visions for the future of China.