As China continues its rapid ascent within the international system, questions of where it
came from have particular relevance. Combining history with international relations theory …

This book explores how Confucian thought, which was the ideological underpinning of
traditional, imperial China, is being developed and refined into a New Confucianism …

A bold and original study of German missionaries in China, who catalyzed a revolution in
thinking among European Christians about the nature of Christianity itself In this accessibly …

The West's perception of China as a historical entity has evolved over the centuries. China
has gone from a country of miracles and marvels in the medieval world and a refined and …

Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Individualism in Modern China analyzes important
aspects of Chinese intellectual life and cultural practices that formed and informed the …

Degree: Fil. Dr. DegreeYear: 1996 Institute: Lunds Universitet (Sweden) This thesis studies
the introduction of the idea of human rights to China, and traces the continuing debate on …

On a chilly, mid-November afternoon in 1979, Zhang Shenfu was allowed to meet with a
Western scholar for the first time in over twenty years. Good fortune and China's new policy …

Abstract The May Fourth movement is widely recognized as a watershed within Chinese
cultural and political history, but it was also a significant local episode within a global history …

By examining extramarital cohabitation in early twentieth-century China against intellectual,
social, and legal contexts, this article shows the process by which the educated class, mass …

In this article, I trace the circulation of kaejo (reconstruction; J. kaizō; C. gaizao) thought in
East Asia after World War I, starting with its introduction by libertarian Bertrand Russell (The …