Chinese émigré intellectuals and their quest for liberal values in the Cold War, 1949-1969 / by Kenneth Kai-chung Yung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yung, Kenneth Kai-chung, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Ideas, history, and modern China ; volume 25.

Ideas, history, and modern China, 1875-9394 ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--China.

Immigrants.

Intellectuals--China.

Intellectuals.

China.

Cold War.

China--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction China Rescue, Democratization, and the Émigré Schools of Thought in the Cold War Era

1 The Three Émigré Schools of Thought and Their Adherents

2 Relevance of the Cold War Émigrés to Contemporary China

3 Major Questions to Be Addressed

4 Description of Chapters and Major Findings of the Book

Chapter 1 Saving China from Communism and Fighting for Democracy: Prioritizing the Two Tasks

1 The Loyal Critic to Chiang Kai-shek: The Case of Xu Fuguan

2 Yin Haiguang and His Pursuit of Democratization

3 Zhang Junmai and His Prioritization of Recovering the Mainland

4 Conclusion

Chapter 2 The Influence of Cold War Currents on Chinese Émigré Intellectuals

1 Liberals Who Departed from Socialist Tendencies

2 Moderate Socialists Who Remained Consistent in Their Beliefs

3 Cold War Currents as a Stimulus for the Revitalization of Confucianism

Chapter 3 In Search of a Liberal-Scientific Modern China: The Case of Yin Haiguang

1 Yin Haiguang's Quest for a Revival of the "May Fourth Spirit"

2 Yin Haiguang's Views on Democracy and Freedom, 1947-1956

3 Conflicts with the New Confucians and the Guomindang Officials

4 Yin Haiguang's Views on Science in the Late 1950s

5 Yin Haiguang in the 1960s: His Reappraisal of Chinese Culture

6 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Balancing Tradition and Modernity: The Case of Zhang Junmai

1 The Confucian Dimension of National Reconstruction, 1949-1969

2 Revival of Confucianism as an Aid to Modernization

3 Confucianism and Zhang Junmai's Political Ideals

Chapter 5 Confucian Ideals for the Chinese Nation with a Liberal Tendency: The Case of Xu Fuguan

1 Xu Fuguan's Confucian Political Ideals in the 1950s

2 Xu Fuguan's Cultural Ideals in the Late 1950s and 1960s

3 The 1958 Joint Manifesto on Chinese Culture

General Conclusion

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Yung, Kenneth Kai-chung. Chinese émigré intellectuals and their quest for liberal values in the Cold War, 1949-1969

ISBN:

9789004466043

9004466045

Publisher Number:

40030809117

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