The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought
Author | : David Martin Jones |
Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0333912950 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780333912959 |
Rating | : 4/5 (959 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought written by David Martin Jones and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines how China has been portrayed in European and subsequently North American social and political thought and what, if anything, this depiction tells us about the character of this thought. Such a question immediately evokes the spectre of orientalism and subsequent chapters explore whether the identification of an orientalist project invalidates the knowledge claims of European and North American social and political thought as it evolved from the 18th to the 20th century.