04927nam 2200721 450 991079697350332120230814223056.03-11-057403-93-11-057639-210.1515/9783110576399(CKB)4100000005043738(MiAaPQ)EBC5505559(DE-B1597)489282(OCoLC)1046610051(DE-B1597)9783110576399(Au-PeEL)EBL5505559(CaPaEBR)ebr11605909(OCoLC)1037884040(EXLCZ)99410000000504373820180924d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhy China did not have a renaissance - and why that matters an interdisciplinary dialogue /Thomas Maissen and Barbara MittlerFirst edition.Berlin ;Boston :Walter de Gruyter,[2018]©20181 online resource (258 pages)Critical readings in global intellectual history,2568-843X ;Volume 13-11-057396-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Series editors' note / Banerjee, Milinda / Meurer, Sebastian / Richter, Susan -- Prologue -- Periodization in a global context / Maissen, Thomas / Mittler, Barbara -- Introduction -- Epochal changes in a global context - Toward a History-in-common / Mittler, Barbara -- Defining epochs in global history - Can we write a History-in-common without shared concepts? / Maissen, Thomas -- Part I. Periodization -- Europe: Secularizing teleological models / Maissen, Thomas -- China: Engendering teleological models / Mittler, Barbara -- Part II .Renaissances -- The view from Europe: The Renaissance / Maissen, Thomas -- The view from China: r/Renaissances / Mittler, Barbara -- Conclusion -- The Renaissance and the rise of the West / Maissen, Thomas -- Renaissance-in-common? History-as-dialogue / Mittler, Barbara -- Epilogue -- Why China did not have a Renaissance - and why that matters: Conflicting approaches to periodization / Maissen, Thomas / Mittler, Barbara -- Appendix -- Sources from the European Renaissance -- Sources from the Chinese Renaissance -- Acknowledgements -- Works cited -- Index of names and placesConcepts of historical progress or decline and the idea of a cycle of historical movement have existed in many civilizations. In spite of claims that they be transnational or even universal, periodization schemes invariably reveal specific social and cultural predispositions.Our dialogue, which brings together a Sinologist and a scholar of early modern History in Europe, considers periodization as a historical phenomenon, studying the case of the "Renaissance." Understood in the tradition of J. Burckhardt, who referred back to ideas voiced by the humanists of the 14th and 15th centuries, and focusing on the particularities of humanist dialogue which informed the making of the "Renaissance" in Italy, our discussion highlights elements that distinguish it from other movements that have proclaimed themselves as "r/Renaissances," studying, in particular, the Chinese Renaissance in the early 20th century.While disagreeing on several fundamental issues, we suggest that interdisciplinary and interregional dialogue is a format useful to addressing some of the more far-reaching questions in global history, e.g. whether and when a periodization scheme such as "Renaissance" can fruitfully be applied to describe non-European experiences.RenaissanceHISTORY / RenaissancebisacshHISTORY / Asia / GeneralbisacshHISTORY / Asia / ChinabisacshHISTORY / Europe / GeneralbisacshHISTORY / Europe / WesternbisacshHISTORY / Study & TeachingbisacshHISTORY / Modern / GeneralbisacshChinaHistoryMing dynasty, 1368-1644Renaissance.HISTORY / Renaissance.HISTORY / Asia / General.HISTORY / Asia / China.HISTORY / Europe / General.HISTORY / Europe / Western.HISTORY / Study & Teaching.HISTORY / Modern / General.909/.4HIS037020HIS003000HIS008000HIS010000HIS010020HIS035000HIS037030bisacshMaissen Thomas1962-945139Mittler Barbara1968-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796973503321Why China did not have a renaissance - and why that matters3801720UNINA