China in Distress: Modern Consciousness

Author: Chen
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The overall narrative of modernity has been the greatest ideology in China for over a century. The historical spirit of Chinese culture in modern China experiences itself through it, which seems to have become a cultural destiny. Undoubtedly, historical contemplation of existence cannot avoid this ideology. Moreover, the demand for self-reflection and self-understanding of modernity has become even more urgent today. Historically, Chinese modernity consciousness has provided intellectual resources for further self-reflection and self-understanding. This is because Chinese modernity is a latecomer to modernity, and its development process has always been accompanied by a profound sense of dilemma. This sense of dilemma manifests as affirming the legitimacy of modernity, calling for it, while simultaneously questioning, challenging, and even resisting modernity. The questioning, challenging, and resistance to modernity are undoubtedly also an important part of Chinese modernity consciousness. This book aims to understand Chinese modernity within this sense of dilemma, thereby exploring the characteristics of China's modern crisis. The book includes chapters such as Scientificism and the Modern Worldview, The Modern Cycle of Creation and Revolution, The Historical View of Progress and the Characteristics of China's Modern Crisis, Ideological Discourse and the Modern Political Tradition, and The Origins of Modern Collective Identity.