03151nam 22005415 450 991036992970332120230811001037.09789813296404981329640210.1007/978-981-32-9640-4(CKB)4100000009152680(MiAaPQ)EBC5887809(DE-He213)978-981-32-9640-4(PPN)25945723X(Perlego)3483336(EXLCZ)99410000000915268020190827d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConfigurations of the Individual in Modern Chinese Literature /by Qin Wang1st ed. 2020.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (310 pages)9789813296398 9813296399 1. Introduction -- 2. Literary Evolutionism and Its Discontents: Between Zhou Zuoren and Lu Xun -- 3. Individuality contra "Homo Economicus": A Reading of Lao She's Camel-Xiangzi -- 4. Touch, Body, and the New Perceptionism: Mu Shiying's Case -- 5. Lu Xun's "Ah Jin" and the Politics of Exemplarity.This book aims to demonstrate the multiplicity of configurations of the individual in modern Chinese literature through analyzing several classic texts written by Zhou Zuoren, Lu Xun, Lao She, and Mu Shiying. It attempts to refresh our understanding of the history of modern Chinese literature and indirectly responds to the controversial issue of "individual rights" (or "human rights") in present-day China, showing that in modern Chinese literature, various configurations of the individual imply political possibilities that are not only irreconcilable with each other, but irreducible to the determination of the modern discourse of "individualism" introduced by the West. A groundbreaking work, it will give valuable context to political scientists and other scholars seeking to understand what "China" means in the 21st century. Qin Wang received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from New York University, USA. He is the translator of the Chinese editions of Jacques Derrida's Donner la mort and La bête et le souverain, Volume 1, Richard Bernstein's Radical Evil, Jacques Lezra's Wild Materialism, and David Harvey's A Brief History of Neoliberalism.AsiaPolitics and governmentOriental literatureEducation and stateAsian PoliticsAsian LiteratureEducational Policy and PoliticsAsiaPolitics and government.Oriental literature.Education and state.Asian Politics.Asian Literature.Educational Policy and Politics.895.109005Wang Qinauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut651768BOOK9910369929703321Configurations of the Individual in Modern Chinese Literature2518057UNINA