The Politics of Imagining Asia

by Theodore Huters and Wang Hui

Book Overview

In this bold, provocative collection, Wang Hui confronts some of the major issues concerning modern China and the status quo of contemporary Chinese thought.

The book's overarching theme is the possibility of an alternative modernity that does not rely on imported conceptions of Chinese history and its legacy. Wang Hui argues that current models, based largely on Western notions of empire and the nation-state, fail to account for the richness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055195
• ISBN13: 9780674055193
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"