From Culturalist Nationalism to Conservatism: Origins and Diversification of Conservative Ideas in Republican China

by Aymeric Xu

Book Overview

What does it mean to be a conservative in Republican China? Challenging the widely held view that Chinese conservatism set out to preserve traditional culture and was mainly a cultural movement, this book proposes a new framework with which to analyze modern Chinese conservatism. It identifies late Qing culturalist nationalism, which incorporates traditional culture into concrete political reforms inspired by modern Western politics, as the origin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111122204
• ISBN13: 9783111122205
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary