Reflections on the May Fourth Movement

Reflections on the May Fourth Movement PDF Author: Benjamin I. Schwartz
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 168417175X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This symposium commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the May Fourth Movement of 1919 in China. This volume contains six essays on various aspects of the movement.

The May Fourth Movement

The May Fourth Movement PDF Author: Cezong Zhou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 510

Book Description
There are few major events in modern Chinese history so controversial, so much discussed, yet so inadequately treated as the May Fourth Movement. For some Chinese it marks a national renaissance or liberation, for others a national catastrophe. Among those who discuss or celebrate it most, views vary greatly. Every May for the last forty years, numerous articles have analyzed and commented on the movement. Several books devoted entirely to the subject and hundreds touching on it have been published in Chinese. The literature on the subject is massive, yet most of it offers more polemic than factual accounts. Most Westerners possess but fragmentary and inaccurate information on the subject. For these reasons, preparation of this volume recounting the events of the movement and examining in detail its currents and effects has seemed to me worthwhile.

The Chinese Enlightenment

The Chinese Enlightenment PDF Author: Vera Schwarcz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520050273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
It is widely accepted, both inside China and in the West, that contemporary Chinese history begins with the May Fourth Movement. Vera Schwarcz's imaginative new study provides China scholars and historians with an analysis of what makes that event a turning point in the intellectual, spiritual, cultural and political life of twentieth-century China.

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai PDF Author: Joseph T. Chen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004025677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai PDF Author: Joseph Tao Chen
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description


The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai PDF Author: Chen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004645284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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From the May Fourth Movement to Communist Revolution

From the May Fourth Movement to Communist Revolution PDF Author: Xiaoming Chen
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791479862
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Using the life and work of influential Chinese writer Guo Moruo (1892-1978), reflects on China's encounters with modernity, Communism, and capitalism.

China's May Fourth Movement

China's May Fourth Movement PDF Author: Sabaree Mitra
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000829839
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
This book looks at China’s May Fourth Movement and how it has been contextualised in modern Chinese history. Tracing the roots of the movement and of modern Chinese literary and intellectual traditions, the book analyses how the movement transformed ideas, culture, and social practices in the country. The volume presents a critical in-depth study of the May Fourth Movement from interdisciplinary perspectives. With essays written by scholars and experts from India, China, and the West, it discusses concepts and themes such as nationalism; the citizen and revolutionary morality in the late Qing dynasty as well as Lu Xun’s struggle with the aporetic temporalities of capitalist modernity; the May Fourth spirit and the Communist Party of China; the birth of the ‘New Woman’; and the literature, cinema, and art produced during the movement. It also examines how the waves created by the movement in Chinese culture and society continue to influence and shape events and thoughts in contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Chinese Studies, Chinese history, Asian Studies, Asian history, political history, and cultural history.

Beyond the May Fourth Paradigm

Beyond the May Fourth Paradigm PDF Author: Kai-wing Chow
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739111222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Beyond the May Fourth Paradigm explores various dimensions of modern Chinese culture, ranging from literature, thought, and music to scientific research, business, and everyday life. By heeding how the May Fourth and non-May Fourth groups depended on each other and joined forces in creating Chinese modernity, this anthology points to the significant directions that Chinese historical actors chose as they competed but also collaborated in modernizing themselves, their culture, and the nation.

New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies

New Vocabularies of May Fourth Studies PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900469790X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Why did the "Shandong Question" vanish in the May Fourth narrative? How did conservatives and traditionalists endure admist the progressive wave of the new culture movement? What role did Confucian ritualism and religion play in shaping May Fourth literature? Is an uncanny connection hidden between “Return Qingdao” and “Liberate Hong Kong”? This volume, edited by Carlos Yu-Kai Lin and Victor H. Mair, and with contributors from across the fields of intellectual history, literature and languages, philosophy, and Asian studies, answers these questions and offers new insights into the May Fourth movement. It explores this pivotal historical event both as a singular occurrence and as a sustaining cultural-intellectual campaign. The new volume is brimming with fresh perspectives, uncovering these enigmas, and unveiling the nuanced and intricate world of the May Fourth to its discening readers.