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The meaning of freedom : Yan Fu and the origins of Chinese liberalism / Max Ko-wu Huang ; [with a foreword by Thomas A. Metzger].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huang, Kewu, 1957-
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yan, Fu, 1853-1921.
- Yan, Fu.
- Liberty.
- Liberalism--China.
- Liberalism.
- China--Politics and government.
- China.
- Politics and government.
- Liberty--China.
- Liberty--Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 408 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Yan Fu and the origins of Chinese liberalism
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Text in English with some Chinese.
- Summary:
- "This book is about how one of the leading intellectual architects of Chinese modernization, Yan Fu 1854-1921), introduced the Chinese intellectual world to the liberalism of John Smart Mill partly by grasping Mill's ideas, but also by misunderstanding and projecting them onto indigenous Chinese values, which in turn led to criticism and resistance. Rather than bending Western liberalism to the purposes of Chinese nationalism, Yan inititated a distinctively Chinese liberal tradition that became a major component of China's modern political culture."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-393) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789629962784
- 9629962780
- OCLC:
- 227242240
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