LEADER 03151nam 22005415 450 001 9910369929703321 005 20230811001037.0 010 $a9789813296404 010 $a9813296402 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-32-9640-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000009152680 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5887809 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-32-9640-4 035 $a(PPN)25945723X 035 $a(Perlego)3483336 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009152680 100 $a20190827d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConfigurations of the Individual in Modern Chinese Literature /$fby Qin Wang 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 311 08$a9789813296398 311 08$a9813296399 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aOriental literature 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aAsian Literature 606 $aEducational Policy and Politics 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aOriental literature. 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 14$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aAsian Literature. 615 24$aEducational Policy and Politics. 676 $a895.109005 700 $aWang$b Qin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0651768 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910369929703321 996 $aConfigurations of the Individual in Modern Chinese Literature$92518057 997 $aUNINA