China Through the Ages

History of a Civilization

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Franz Michael

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This book describes the evolving history of ideas in China, from ancient faith in powerful magic to more modern concepts of a logical moral order of the universe and mankind's place in it. It explores the intellectual ferment following the dawn of the age of reason.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-12-07
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor348
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367166939

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Franz Michael is professor emeritus at George Washington University, where he was associate director and director of the Institute for Sino~Soviet Studies from 1964 to 1972. Dr. Michael's publications include Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and Its Role in Society and State (Westview, 1982), The Taiping Rebellion, 3 vols. (1971), The Asian Alliance: Japan and United States Policy (with Gaston Sigur, 1972), Mao and the Perpetual Revolution (1977), and many others.

1. Beginnings: The Geographical Setting 2. The Age of Magic: Legend and Archaeology 3. The Age of Magic: The Shang Dynasty 4. The Age of Reason: The Chou Dynasty 5. Intellectual Revolution: A Hundred Schools of Thought 6. The Unified Empire 7. The Empire Consolidated: The Han Dynasty 8. The Coming of Buddhism 9. Reunification: The Sui and T'ang Dynasties 10. A Chinese Renaissance: The Sung Dynasty 11. The Mongol Empire 12. Chinese Restoration: The Ming Dynasty 13. The Last of the Imperial Order: The Manchu or Ch'ing Dynasty 14. From Empire to Nation, State: The Great Rebellion, Reform, and Revolution 15. The Nationalists 16. Communism Under Mao 17. The Post-Mao Experiment 18. Conclusion