LEADER 03990nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910781781103321 005 20230725050906.0 010 $a0-674-06135-7 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674061354 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043049 035 $a(OCoLC)753974813 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10488677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339863 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582270 035 $a(PQKB)11110961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300954 035 $a(DE-B1597)178261 035 $a(OCoLC)1041187459 035 $a(OCoLC)979953950 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674061354 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488677 035 $a(OCoLC)923118308 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043049 100 $a20100902d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of imagining Asia$b[electronic resource] /$fWang Hui ; edited by Theodore Huters 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-05519-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-345) and index. 327 $aThe politics of imagining Asia -- How to explain "China" and its "modernity" : rethinking the rise of modern Chinese thought -- Local forms, vernacular dialects, and the war of resistance against Japan : the "national forms" debate -- The "Tibetan question" East and West : Orientalism, regional ethnic autonomy, and the politics of dignity -- Okinawa and two dramatic changes to the regional order -- Weber and the question of Chinese modernity. 330 $aIn this bold, provocative collection, Wang Hui confronts some of the major issues concerning modern China and the status quo of contemporary Chinese thought. The book's overarching theme is the possibility of an alternative modernity that does not rely on imported conceptions of Chinese history and its legacy. Wang Hui argues that current models, based largely on Western notions of empire and the nation-state, fail to account for the richness and diversity of pre-modern Chinese historical practice. At the same time, he refrains from offering an exclusively Chinese perspective and placing China in an intellectual ghetto. Navigating terrain on regional language and politics, he draws on China's unique past to expose the inadequacies of European-born standards for assessing modern China's evolution. He takes issue particularly with the way in which nation-state logic has dominated politically charged concerns like Chinese language standardization and "The Tibetan Question." His stance is critical - and often controversial - but he locates hope in the kinds of complex, multifaceted arrangements that defined China and much of Asia for centuries. The Politics of Imagining Asia challenges us not only to re-examine our theories of "Asia" but to reconsider what "Europe" means as well. As Theodore Huters writes in his introduction, "Wang Hui's concerns extend beyond China and Asia to an ambition to rethink world history as a whole." 606 $aCivilization, Modern 606 $aComparative civilization 606 $aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects$zEast Asia 607 $aEast Asia$xCivilization 607 $aEast Asia$xRelations$zWestern countries 607 $aWestern countries$xRelations$zEast Asia 615 0$aCivilization, Modern. 615 0$aComparative civilization. 615 0$aHistoriography$xPolitical aspects 676 $a950.072 700 $aWang$b Hui$0426970 701 $aHuters$b Theodore$0299237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781781103321 996 $aThe politics of imagining Asia$93760312 997 $aUNINA