Around Rationality: Our 100 Years

Author: Zhou Hailin
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This is a collection of stories about our country's century. The book is divided into several parts: The Age of Fairy Tales, Stories in Spring, Remembering Those Who Died at Sea and Those Who Were to Die at Sea, The Era of Heroes Without Achievements, Leaving the Land and Returning, The Alliance of Knowledge and Power, Presence and Absence, Shattered Time and Space, An Overview of Modern Chinese Society, and Three Dilemmas and Two Powers Facing Modernization in the Process. The book pays special attention to the specific manifestations of modernity in China's modernization process, the role of political figures and intellectual elites in China's development, and other related issues. This book is suitable for reference and study by experts and scholars researching China.
In Surrounding Reason, the author examines China's past history from the perspective of modernity. The author employs a narrative-discussion approach, narrating a series of major historical events in China both vertically and horizontally, paying special attention to the specific manifestations of modernity in China's modernization process, the status of intellectuals, and the challenges they faced. The book offers a unique perspective, elegant language, and profound arguments.