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Author Murthy, Viren

Title The political philosophy of Zhang Taiyan : the resistance of consciousness / by Viren Murthy
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages)
Series Leiden series in comparative historiography, 1574-4493 ; v. 4
Leiden series in comparative historiography ; v. 4.
Contents Introduction : Zhang Taiyan and Chinese modernity -- Zhang's critique of Kang Youwei : anti-Manchuism, the national essence, and revolution -- Buddhist epistemology and modern self-identity : Zhang Taiyan's "On establishing religion" -- Transfiguring modern temporality : Zhang Taiyan's critique of evolutionary history -- Daoist equalization against the universal principle : Zhang Taiyan's critique of late Qing political theory -- Conclusion : Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun and Wang Hui : the politics of imagining a better future
Summary Drawing on a vast array of Chinese texts, Japanese scholarship, and critical philosophy, this book offers a radical rereading of Zhang Taiyan 's philosophy, highlighting the significance of Zhang 's ideas in the context of global capitalist modernity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Zhang, Taiyan, 1869-1936 -- Philosophy
SUBJECT Zhang, Taiyan, 1869-1936 fast
Subject Buddhist philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- Buddhist.
Buddhist philosophy
Philosophy
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011000171
ISBN 9789004203884
9004203885
1283121115
9781283121118
9786613121110
6613121118