Last Confucianism (Liang Shuming and the Dilemmas of Chinese Modernization)

Author: [US] AI KAI, translated by WANG Zongyu and JI Jianzhong
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is the first comprehensive monograph in both China and abroad dedicated to the study of Liang Shuming's thought and social activities. The author examines the trajectory of Liang Shuming's intellectual development, the influence of his family background and social connections, discusses the main content of rural reconstruction, and compares it with figures like Mao Zedong. It also highlights the objective connections between Liang Shuming's thought and the global anti-modernist movement. The author provides a psychological analysis of Liang Shuming's early spiritual crisis and offers a unique evaluation of his anti-urbanism.