{"product_id":"the-rise-of-modern-chinese-hui-wang-9780674046764","title":"The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliantly reveals a China that has always been lively and pluralist in its political thought...His analysis has immense relevance for China today.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of China's philosophical confrontation with modernity, available for the first time in English.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat does it mean for China to be modern, or for modernity to be Chinese? How is the notion of historical rupture--a fundamental distinction between tradition and modernity--compatible or not with the history of Chinese thought? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese questions animate \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Modern Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, a sprawling intellectual history considered one of the most significant achievements of modern Chinese scholarship, available here in English for the first time. Wang Hui traces the seventh-century origins of three key ideas--\"principle\" (\u003ci\u003eli\u003c\/i\u003e), \"things\" (\u003ci\u003ewu\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"propensity\" (\u003ci\u003eshi\u003c\/i\u003e)--and analyzes their continual evolution up to the beginning of the twentieth century. Confucian scholars grappled with the problem of linking transcendental law to the material world, thought to action--a goal that Wang argues became outdated as China's socioeconomic conditions were radically transformed during the Song Dynasty. Wang shows how the epistemic shifts of that time period produced a new intellectual framework that has proven both durable and malleable, influencing generations of philosophers and even China's transformation from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century. In a new preface, Wang also reflects on responses to his book since its original publication in Chinese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith theoretical rigor and uncommon insight into the roots of contemporary political commitments, Wang delivers a masterpiece of scholarship that is overdue in translation. Through deep readings of key figures and classical texts, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Modern Chinese Thought\u003c\/i\u003e provides an account of Chinese philosophy and history that will transform our understanding of the modern not only in China but around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hui Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674046765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674046764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.22w x 1.81d","brand":"Hui Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077893583103,"sku":"9780674046764","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_598114fd-3e0e-42c6-97ce-acf41ddab6f3.jpg?v=1685472356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-of-modern-chinese-hui-wang-9780674046764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}