Symptoms of an Unruly Age : Li Zhi and Cultures of Early Modernity / / Rivi Handler-Spitz

• Autore: Handler-Spitz Rebecca
• Pubblicazione: Seattle, [Washington] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Washington Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 895.18/4609
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Asia / China; Sociology - Philosophy; Political science - Philosophy; Culture - Philosophy; Critical theory; Civilization, Modern - Philosophy; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology - General; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - General
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Transparent language: origin myths and early modern aspirations of recovery -- The rhetoric of bluff: paradox, irony, and self-contradiction -- Sartorial signs and Li Zhi's paradoxical appearance -- Money and Li Zhi's economies of rhetoric -- Dubious books and definitive editions -- Provoking or persuading readers? Li Zhi and the incitement of critical judgment.
• Sommario/riassunto: Symptoms of an Unruly Age compares the writings of Li Zhi (1527-1602) and his late-Ming compatriots to texts composed by their European contemporaries, including Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Cervantes. Emphasizing aesthetic patterns that transcend national boundaries, Rivi Handler-Spitz explores these works as culturally distinct responses to similar social and economic tensions affecting early modern cultures on both ends of Eurasia. The paradoxes, ironies, and self-contradictions that pervade these works are symptomatic of the hypocrisy, social posturing, and counterfeiting that afflicted both Chinese and European societies at the turn of the seventeenth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Symptoms of an Unruly Age
• ISBN: 9780295741970; 029574197X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910563096103321
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