Why China did not have a Renaissance - and why that matters: An interdisciplinary dialogue
Concepts 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 brin...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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München Wien
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
[2018]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Critical readings in global intellectual history
Volume 1 |
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Critical readings in global intellectual history (Volume 1)
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| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110576399 |
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| Verfasserangaben: | Thomas Maissen and Barbara Mittler |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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 places