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      • Jilin Xu, Shanghai Normal University
      • Edited and translated by David Ownby, Université de Montréal
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 June 2018
      05 July 2018
      ISBN:
      9781108556965
      9781108470759
      9781108456586
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108556965
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 248 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.37kg, 252 Pages
      • Subjects:
      East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      The Cambridge China Library
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, East Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    The Cambridge China Library
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    Book description

    China's rise to power is the signal event of the twenty-first century, and this volume offers a contemporary view of this nation in ascendancy from the inside. Eight recent essays by Xu Jilin, a popular historian and one of China's most prominent public intellectuals, critique China's rejection of universal values and the nation's embrace of Chinese particularism, the rise of the cult of the state and the acceptance of the historicist ideas of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss. Xu's work is distinct both from better-known voices of dissent and also from the 'New Left' perspectives, offering instead a liberal reaction to the complexity of China's rise. Yet this work is not a shrill denunciation of Xu's intellectual enemies, but rather a subtle and heartfelt call for China to accept its status as a great power and join the world as a force for good.

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    'Within China today, there are many voices calling for reforms. Among them is the prominent liberal scholar Xu Jilin. And in Rethinking China’s Rise: A Liberal Critique, David Ownby has produced an excellent English translation of eight essays Xu has written over the past decade.'

    Kishore Mahbubani Source: Harper's Magazine

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    • 1 - What Kind of Civilization? China at a Crossroads
      pp 1-19
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