Representation: A New Social and Cultural History

Author: Li Hongtu, Wang Jiafeng
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Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Features: "Shidian" (The Viewpoint) is an irregular journal that emphasizes the thematic nature of humanities and academic studies. Each issue focuses on a specific topic, inviting expert editors to select representative works from scholars abroad (or compile their major academic viewpoints) and provide comprehensive reviews, aiming to offer readers a relatively complete introduction to a particular academic subject. In addition to reviewing new academic concepts and information, it will also make qualitative selections regarding academic considerations of different cultural value judgments. To meet the needs of young scholars for understanding foreign academic culture, it will provide simple explanations for some new academic terms (including cross-linguistic definitions). All of these will serve the multi-level and diversified needs of the modernization of Chinese academic culture and broaden the intellectual space for humanities research in the domestic academic community. We hope to track the humanities trends and research hotspots in contemporary foreign academia, reflecting the high-level achievements of foreign scholars on these topics. Limited by our superficial knowledge, we often leave various regrets. However, for this goal, we should make unremitting efforts and pursuits.