China and Historical Capitalism: Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge

Book Overview

This book addresses the historical relationship that has arisen between the concept of capitalism and the idea of China. Formulated by European intellectuals in order to identify the social formation in which they found themselves, capitalism was portrayed as unique to Europe and as an organic outgrowth of Western civilization. In this way, China was rejected as a model of civilization, and seen merely as despotic, feudal or stagnant. This Eurocentric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521525918
• ISBN13: 9780521525916
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"