Chinese Culture: Its Humanity And Modernity

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world, and this book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture for college students and general readers. It explores important issues such as history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitism, communism, the rise of China, and her soft power.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 07 January 2021
Publisher: World Scientific Europe Ltd

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world. While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like today. This book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture intended for college students as well as for general readers interested in the topic. While Chinese culture is often deployed in terms of kung fu, Confucius, or calligraphy, this book refers to the traditional and modern experiences out of which contemporary Chinese people have grown. Internationally renowned scholar in China Studies, Professor Qian Suoqiao invites readers to join him on an exciting intellectual journey to critically explore important issues including history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitism, communism, the rise of China, and her soft power, which contribute to the formation of what we call "Chinese."

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world.

With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world.

While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like today.

This book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture intended for college students as well as for general readers interested in the topic.

While Chinese culture is often deployed in terms of kung fu, Confucius, or calligraphy, this book refers to the traditional and modern experiences out of which contemporary Chinese people have grown.

Internationally renowned scholar in China Studies, Professor Qian Suoqiao invites readers to join him on an exciting intellectual journey to critically explore important issues including history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitism, communism, the rise of China, and her soft power, which contribute to the formation of what we call "Chinese."

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786349057