Tradition and modernity : a humanist view / / by Chen Lai ; translated by Edmund Ryden.

• Superior document: Brill's humanities in China library, v. 3
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Chen, Lai, 1952-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English; Chinese
• Series: Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: x, 386 p.

Table of Contents

Retrospect and prospect for contemporary Chinese thought -- Resolving the tension between tradition and modernity : reflections on the May Fourth cultural tide -- The May Fourth tide and modernity -- Radicalism in the cultural movement of the twentieth century -- Modern Chinese culture and the difficulties of Confucian learning -- Liang Shuming's early view of Oriental and Western culture -- The establishment and development of Feng Youlan's view of culture -- A reflection on the new school of principle and thoughts on modernity -- Confucian thought and the world of modern East Asia -- Confucian ethics and China's modernisation -- East Asian tradition according to modernisation theory -- A sense of predicament and inter-dependency -- Liang Shuming and Max Weber on Chinese culture -- Values, authority, tradition and Chinese philosophy -- The difficulty of undertaking national studies research in the nineties : the problem of the national studies fever and research into traditional culture -- The value and status of traditional Chinese culture.