Translator's introduction -- China from empire to nation-state -- Two narratives of China and their derivative forms -- The empire/nation-state binary and European "world history" -- Heavenly principle/universal principle and history -- China's modern identity and the transformation of empire.
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[Description]This translation of the introduction to Wang Hui's Rise of Modern Chinese Thought (2004) makes part of his four-volume masterwork available to English readers for the first time. A leading public intellectual in China, Wang charts the historical currents that have shaped Chinese modernity from the Song Dynasty to the present day.
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