{"product_id":"confucian-iconoclasm-textual-authority-modern-confucianism-and-the-politics-of-antitradition-in-republican-china-hardcover","title":"Confucian Iconoclasm: Textual Authority, Modern Confucianism, and the Politics of Antitradition in Republican China - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Major\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges deep-seated assumptions about the traditionalist nature of Confucianism by providing a new interpretation of the emergence of modern Confucianism in Republican China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfucian Iconoclasm\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a novel account of the emergence of modern Confucian philosophy in Republican China (1912-1949), challenging the historiographical paradigm that modern (or New) Confucianism sought to preserve traditions against the iconoclasm of the May Fourth Movement. Through close textual analyses of Liang Shuming's \u003ci\u003eEastern and Western Cultures and Their Philosophies\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) and Xiong Shili's \u003ci\u003eNew Treatise on the Uniqueness of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), Philippe Major argues that the most successful modern Confucian texts of the Republican period were nearly as iconoclastic as the most radical of May Fourth intellectuals. Questioning the strict dichotomy between radicalism and conservatism that underscores most historical accounts of the period, Major shows that May Fourth and Confucian iconoclasts were engaged in a politics of antitradition aimed at the monopolization of intellectual commodities associated with universality, autonomy, and liberty. Understood as a counter-hegemonic strategy, Confucian iconoclasm emerges as an alternative iconoclastic project to that of May Fourth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn open access version of this book was published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippe Major \u003c\/b\u003eis a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. He is the coeditor, with Thierry Meynard, of \u003ci\u003eDao Companion to Liang Shuming's Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53485349273907,"sku":"9781438495484","price":177.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/confucian-iconoclasm-textual-authority-modern-confucianism-and-the-politics-of-antitradition-in-republican-china-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}