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The great dragon fantasy : a Lacanian analysis of contemporary Chinese thought /

China has undergone a unique path of development in the post-Maoist era. Especially, the last decade witnessed China's rapid rise to economic wealth and superpower status vis-a-vis the severe developmental predicaments of the West (financial crises, socio-political turbulences, etc.). This book...

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Main Authors: Wu, Guanjun. (Author)
Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Economic development > China > History > 21st century.
Economic development > Psychological aspects > China.
China > Economic conditions > 2000-
China > Economic policy.
China > Foreign economic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8583#t=toc
Summary: China has undergone a unique path of development in the post-Maoist era. Especially, the last decade witnessed China's rapid rise to economic wealth and superpower status vis-a-vis the severe developmental predicaments of the West (financial crises, socio-political turbulences, etc.). This book analyzes how the leading Chinese thinkers understand China's prosperity and rapid development today, and whether there is any hidden mechanism that has been playing a crucial role of forming contemporary Chinese thinkers' shared passionate endeavor of resuscitating classical Chinese ideas, and thus shows how the fervor for discovering "essential characteristics" of Chinese thought reveals a hidden psychological mechanism.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix,406pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-392) and index.
ISBN: 9789814417921
Index Number: HC427
CLC: F120
Contents: Introduction: The fantasmatic narrative of contemporary Chinese thought -- ch. 1. "Descendants of a blurry-eyed dragon" -- ch. 2. New enlightenment as modernization -- ch. 3. "Traumatic" encounters with postmodernism -- ch. 4. Liberals and new leftists as "discursive enemies" -- ch. 5. China's new nationalism and its obscene core -- ch. 6. Narrating the fantasmatic past: Ancient and recent -- In place of a conclusion traversing the fantasy.

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