Why China did not have a renaissance - and why that matters : an interdisciplinary dialogue / Thomas Maissen and Barbara Mittler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maissen, Thomas, 1962- author.

Mittler, Barbara, 1968- author.

Series:

Critical readings in global intellectual history, 2568-843X ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance.

China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Concepts of historical progress or decline and the idea of a cycle of historical movement have existed in many civilizations. In spite of claims that they be transnational or even universal, periodization schemes invariably reveal specific social and cultural predispositions.Our dialogue, which brings together a Sinologist and a scholar of early modern History in Europe, considers periodization as a historical phenomenon, studying the case of the "Renaissance." Understood in the tradition of J. Burckhardt, who referred back to ideas voiced by the humanists of the 14th and 15th centuries, and focusing on the particularities of humanist dialogue which informed the making of the "Renaissance" in Italy, our discussion highlights elements that distinguish it from other movements that have proclaimed themselves as "r/Renaissances," studying, in particular, the Chinese Renaissance in the early 20th century.While disagreeing on several fundamental issues, we suggest that interdisciplinary and interregional dialogue is a format useful to addressing some of the more far-reaching questions in global history, e.g. whether and when a periodization scheme such as "Renaissance" can fruitfully be applied to describe non-European experiences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of illustrations

Series editors' note / Banerjee, Milinda / Meurer, Sebastian / Richter, Susan

Prologue

Periodization in a global context / Maissen, Thomas / Mittler, Barbara

Introduction

Epochal changes in a global context - Toward a History-in-common / Mittler, Barbara

Defining epochs in global history - Can we write a History-in-common without shared concepts? / Maissen, Thomas

Part I. Periodization

Europe: Secularizing teleological models / Maissen, Thomas

China: Engendering teleological models / Mittler, Barbara

Part II .Renaissances

The view from Europe: The Renaissance / Maissen, Thomas

The view from China: r/Renaissances / Mittler, Barbara

Conclusion

The Renaissance and the rise of the West / Maissen, Thomas

Renaissance-in-common? History-as-dialogue / Mittler, Barbara

Epilogue

Why China did not have a Renaissance - and why that matters: Conflicting approaches to periodization / Maissen, Thomas / Mittler, Barbara

Appendix

Sources from the European Renaissance

Sources from the Chinese Renaissance

Acknowledgements

Works cited

Index of names and places

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110574036

3110574039

9783110576399

3110576392

OCLC:

1046610051