Research Catalog

Title

Scientism and humanism : two cultures in post-Mao China, 1978-1989 / by Shiping Hua.

Author

Hua, Shiping, 1956-

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.

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Details

Description

ix, 206 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This book is a study of the transformation of Chinese political consciousness during the post-Mao era. Departing from the common wisdom of the day that Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic-oriented reform has made ideological discussion irrelevant, this book holds that while it is probably true that no single, fixed ideology has existed during the period, the ideological dimensions not only have persisted, but also can be analyzed systematically.

Subject

• 1976-2002
• Communism > China
• Ideology > China
• Humanism > China
• Scientism
• Intellectuals > China
• Communism
• Humanism
• Ideology
• Intellectuals
• Politics and government
• Humanismus
• Kommunismus
• Szientismus
• Communisme > Chine
• Idéologie > Chine
• Intellectuels > Chine
• Humanisme > Chine
• Culture politique > Chine
• Scientisme
• Geschichte 1978-1989
• China > Politics and government > 1976-2002
• China

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Scientism Versus Humanism -- Ch. 1. Science, Scientism and Humanism -- Ch. 2. Historical Origins of the New Thinking -- Ch. 3. Marxist Scientism -- Hu Qiaomu -- Ch. 4. Technological Determinism: Su Shaozhi -- Ch. 5. Empirical Scientism: Jin Guantao -- Ch. 6. Marxist Humanism: Wang Ruoshui -- Ch. 7. Confucianist Humanism: Li Zehou -- Ch. 8. Critical Humanism: Gan Yang -- Ch. 9. The New Thinking and the Chinese Political Culture.

ISBN

• 0791424219
• 9780791424216
• 0791424227
• 9780791424223
• 0585045836
• 9780585045832

LCCN

94021098

OCLC

• ocm30663942
• 30663942
• SCSB-2058517

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library