Discusses the first decades of Peking University and its role in shaping Chinese intellectual culture.
Peking University, founded in 1898, was at the center of the major intellectual movements of twentieth-century China. In this institutional and intellectual history, author Xiaoqing Diana Lin shows how the university reflected and shaped Chinese intellectual culture in an era of great change, one that saw both a surge of nationalism and an interest in Western concepts such as democracy, science, and Marxism. Lin discusses Peking University's spirit of openness and how the school both encouraged the synthesis of Chinese and Western knowledge and promoted Western learning for the national good. The work covers the introduction of modern academic disciplines, the shift from integrative learning to specialized learning, and the reinterpretation of Confucianism for contemporary times.
| ISBN: | 9780791463222 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2006 |
| Author: | Xiaoqing Diana Lin |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Genres: |
General and world history Asian history History of education |
Discusses the first decades of Peking University and its role in shaping Chinese intellectual culture.
Peking University, founded in 1898, was at the center of the major intellectual movements of twentieth-century China. In this institutional and intellectual history, author Xiaoqing Diana Lin shows how the university reflected and shaped Chinese intellectual culture in an era of great change, one that saw both a surge of nationalism and an interest in Western concepts such as democracy, science, and Marxism. Lin discusses Peking University's spirit of openness and how the school both encouraged the synthesis of Chinese and Western knowledge and promoted Western learning for the national good. The work covers the introduction of modern academic disciplines, the shift from integrative learning to specialized learning, and the reinterpretation of Confucianism for contemporary times.
Peking University features in the following genres: General and world history, Asian history, History of education
Peking University is available in Paperback, Hardback
Peking University was written by Xiaoqing Diana Lin and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Peking University has 232 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture series