Imagine an individual: The modern transformation of the Chinese concept of the individual

Author: Gu Hongliang, Liu Xiaohong
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: How did modern individual concepts take shape in China? What kind of personal image do we need to shape in contemporary China? This book comprehensively describes the modern transformation of China's individual concept across different historical stages, deeply analyzes the individual concept within the consciousness of the nation-state, in the discourse of individualism, in the ambivalence between the collective and the individual, and in the context of collectivism. It also portrays the image of the modern individual from three perspectives: the ethical, political, and historical individual. Based on thorough historical examination and meticulous theoretical interpretation, the book further explores the possibilities of constructing the individual concept in contemporary China, pointing out that a harmonious individual concept is the new direction for building the contemporary individual concept. This new perspective opens up an imaginative space for the future development of China's individual concept.