Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity
Year: 2010
Type: other
Abstract: Contents 1. Introduction: Re-discovering Lin Yutang in the Post-Mao Era 2. Chinese Modernity: Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Liberal Cosmopolitan Alternative 3. Enlightenment and National Salvation: The Politics of a Liberal Nationalist 4. Little Critic: Returned Professionals and the Cosmopolitan Modern 5. A Cross-cultural Aesthetic of Life: Translating Xingling into Self-expression, Xianshi into Leisure and Humor into Youmo 6. Oriental Other: The Business of Translating Chinese and American Cultures 7. Cosmopolitan Difference: Critique of Imperialism and Debating Chinahands 8. Conclusion: What a Liberal Cosmopolitan Alternative Means for Contemporary Chinese Intellectual Dilemma
Author: Suoqiao Qian
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W598185949