Sinology in post-communist states : views from the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland, and Russia / edited by Chih-yu Shih.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Guo li Taiwan da xue Ren wen she hui gao deng yan jiu yuan, Content Provider.

Shi, Zhiyu, 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Civilization--Study and teaching.

China.

China--Study and teaching--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xxvii, 277 pages))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Self-knowledge is the foundation of sinology. Becoming a sinologist involves engaging in multi-sited processes that deconstruct stereotypical notions of China's rise in the 21st century. The sinologists in this edited volume have actively participated in studies shaped by their specific historical contexts, strategic choices, and varied adaptations. Positioned in different sites, these agents respond in diverse ways to meaningfully and more accurately map China's rise and identity.

Contents:

Introduction : an anthropology of knowledge in post-communist sinology / Chih-yu Shih

Part I. Doing sinology from post-communist perspectives

1. Beyond academia and politics : understanding China and doing sinology in Czechoslovakia after World War II / Olga Lomov{acute}a and Anna Z{acute}adrapov{acute}a

2. Linguistic choices for the identity of "China" in the discourse of Czech sinologists / Melissa Shih-hui Lin

3. Surging between China and Russia : legacies, politics, and turns of sinology in contemporary Mongolia / Enkhchimeg Baatarkhuyag and Chih-yu Shih

4. Sinology in Poland : epistemological debates and academic practice / Anna Rudakowska

5. The lifting of the "iron veil" by Russian sinologists during the Soviet period (1917-1991) / Valentin C. Golovachev

6. Soviet sinology : two conflicting paradigms of Chinese history / Alexander Pisarev

7. Chinese studies in post-Soviet Russia : from uneven development to the search for integrity / Alexei D. Voskressenski

part II. Being sinologists in post-communist societies

8. Polish sinology : reflections on individualized trajectories / Bogdan J. G{acute}oralczyk

9. "The songs of ancient China" : the myth of "the other" appropriated by an emerging sinology / Olga Lomov{acute}a and Anna Z{acute}adrapov{acute}a

10. Between sinology and socialism : the collective memory of Czech sinologists in the 1950s / Ter-Hsing Cheng

11. Tangut (Xi Xia) studies in the Soviet Union : the quinta essentia of Russian Oriental studies / Sergey Dmitriev

12. Different ways to become a Soviet sinologist : a note on personal choices / Marina Kuznetsova-Fetisova

Conclusion : the evolution of sinology after the communist party-state / Chih-yu Shih.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789629968137

9629968134

OCLC:

951346889