China and Charles Darwin / James Reeve Pusey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pusey, James Reeve, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 100.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social Darwinism.

China--Civilization--Western influences.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1983.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1983.

Summary:

Although Charles Darwin never visited China, his ideas landed there with force. Darwinism was the first great Western theory to make an impact on the Chinese and, from 1895 until at least 1921, when Marxism gained a formal foothold, it was the dominant Western "ism" influencing Chinese politics and thought. The authority of Darwin, sometimes misiniterpreted, influenced reformers and revolutionaries and paved the way for Chinese Marxism and the thought of Mao Tse-tung. This study evaluates Darwin's theory of evolution as a stimulus to Chinese political changes and philosophic challenge to traditional Chinese beliefs. James Pusey bases his analysis on a survey of journals issued from 1896 to 1910 and, after a break for revolutionary action, from 1915 to 1926, with emphasis on the era between the Sino-Japanese War and the Republician Revolution. The story of Darwinism in China involves, among others, the most famous figures of modern Chinese intellectual history.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Beagle in the China Sea

Progress

Enter Darwin

Darwin and The Chinese Progress

Darwin in Hunan

A Good Book for Bad Times

The Revolutionary Liang Ch'i-ch'ao

The Real Revolutionaries

When All Was Said and Done

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Notes

Bibliography of Works Cited

Glossary

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Bibliogr. p. 507-515. Index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-234-9

OCLC:

561036071

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172344 DOI