Imaginary Worlds and Imperial Power: The Case of China - Hardcover
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New and ambitious approaches to contemporary China, informed by perspectives taken from civilizational analysis and the specific concept of social imaginaries.
This collection of essays by some of today's most prominent scholars on Chinese society, culture, and philosophy offers unusually comprehensive perspectives on contemporary China-a "broad way to China." Most of the essays are informed by the ambitious and erudite approaches of civilizational analysis developed in the theoretical and empirical lifework of Jóhann P. Árnason. Some authors explore China's long history and enduring philosophical and political traditions, revealing their continued influence on contemporary social imaginaries. Others critique the narrow limitations of most Euro-American views and discussions of China, highlighting how these can be an obstacle to a fruitful dialogue between China and "the West." Additionally, some essays present new perspectives on the potential value of Chinese social, political, and philosophical insights, suggesting they could inspire improvements in social, political, and philosophical dialogue within Euro-American cultures themselves.
L'ubomír Dunaj is Research Fellow at the Department of Political Philosophy and Globalization Research, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. He is coeditor, with Jeremy Smith and Kurt Mertel, of Civilization, Modernity, and Critique: Engaging Jóhann P. Árnason's Macro-Social Theory and, with Kurt Mertel, of Hans-Herbert Kögler's Critical Hermeneutics. Geir Sigurðsson is Professor of Chinese Studies and Transcultural Philosophy at the University of Iceland. He is the author of Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning: A Philosophical Interpretation, by SUNY Press, and coeditor, with Tze-ki Hon, of Contemporary Interpretations and Readings of the Yijing: The Changes in Our Times.
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