Germany and China : transnational encounters since the eighteenth century / edited by Joanne Miyang Cho and David M. Crowe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cho, Joanne Miyang, 1959- editor.

Crowe, David, editor.

German Studies Association, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Relations.

China--Relations--Germany--Congresses.

China.

Germany--Relations--China--Congresses.

Germany.

China--Foreign relations--Germany--Congresses.

Germany--Foreign relations--China--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 296 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

"Combining transcultural and comparative approaches, the essays collected here exemplify the best work being done in the emerging field of German-Asian studies. Here, a range of specialists examine the varied, multi-faceted ties between not only the various German states and China over the past two centuries, but also the more personal nature of such relationships during this important period in both these countries' histories. They cover a range of topics including economics, geography, history, human rights, philosophy, literature, politics, and religion. For the first time, they offer the reader a unique look at the role that each of these subjects played in developing what is today a very unique relationship between two of the world's most important political and economic powers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Between Sinophilia and Sinophobia : The Eighteenth Century to World War I: 1. Leibniz and Wolff on China / Peter K.J. Park; 2. Equality without Freedom : The Familial Constitution of China in Hegel's Philosophy of History / Nicholas A. Germana; 3. Writing for the China Mission : Karl Gützlaff in the Middle Kingdom / Martin Rosenstock; 4. Sino-German Relations, 1871-1917 / David M. Crowe; 5. Mediating Medicine : Li Benjing, Richard Wilhelm, and the Politics of Hygiene in the German Leasehold Kiaochow (1897-1914) / Lydia Gerber

Part II. The Uncertain Partnership : China and Germany, 1918-1945: 6. Sino-German Relations, 1918-1941 / Christine Swanson and David M. Crowe; 7. From Berlin to Chongqing : Geopolitik and the Age of Global War / Shellen Xiao Wu; 8. Weimar and the Advent of the Third Reich in the Writings of Hermann Hesse : Post-Romantic Yearning for the "Limitless" and Collective Archetypes under the Influence of Chinese Thought / Volker Wehdeking; 9. The Privileged Place of China in Albert Schweitzer's Politics of Civilization / Joanne Miyang Cho; 10. Vestiges of "Yellow Peril" Discourse in Interwar Europe and Its Impact on Shanghailanders / Lee M. Roberts

Part III. Sino-German Relations after 1945: 11. Divided Nations : Building and Destroying the Image of China in East Germany through the 1960s / David G. Tompkins; 12. Friend or Foe? : The People's Republic of China in West German Cold War Politics / Sebastian Gehrig; 13. Vergegenkunft : German and Swiss Travel Literature about China from the Cultural Revolution and Post-Mao Period / Min Zhou; 14. No Unwanted Advice: The People's Republic of China and the Two German States between Tiananmen Square Protests and German Reunification, 1989-1990 / Michael Mayer.

Notes:

Papers from the German-Asian panels ... organized for the 2011 and 2012 German Studies Association (GSA) meetings, and earlier.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137438461

1137438460

OCLC:

886489531

Publisher Number:

99961517465

40024466898