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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461597303321

Autore

Murthy Viren

Titolo

The political philosophy of Zhang Taiyan [[electronic resource] ] : the resistance of consciousness / / by Viren Murthy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12111-5

9786613121110

90-04-20388-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Leiden series in comparative historiography, , 1574-4493 ; ; v. 4

Disciplina

181/.043

Soggetti

Buddhist philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Zhang Taiyan and Chinese modernity -- Zhang's critique of Kang Youwei : anti-Manchuism, the national essence, and revolution -- Buddhist epistemology and modern self-identity : Zhang Taiyan's "On establishing religion" -- Transfiguring modern temporality : Zhang Taiyan's critique of evolutionary history -- Daoist equalization against the universal principle : Zhang Taiyan's critique of late Qing political theory -- Conclusion : Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun and Wang Hui : the politics of imagining a better future.

Sommario/riassunto

Zhang Taiyan (1868-1936) is famous for being one of the first thinkers in China to promote revolution in the early twentieth century. Scholars have addressed Zhang’s revolutionary and nationalist thought, but until this work there has not been any sustained engagement with Zhang’s Buddhist writings which aimed to understand and criticize the world from the perspective of consciousness. These philosophical works are significant because they exemplify how, as Chinese intellectuals entered the global capitalist world, they constantly tried to find resources to create an alternative. As the author argues in the conclusion, this desire to create an alternative to capitalism remained throughout twentieth century China and continues today in the works of critical intellectuals such as Wang Hui. Thus this work is important



not only to understand our past, but to hope for a better future.