Join NYCAS (New York Conference on Asian Studies) this fall for an online book event on Saturday, October 14th, 10 am-12:30 pm EST. The event is free, but registration is required. Zoom available.
The book under discussion will be presented by Albert Welter, Professor and Head of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona.
Topic: NYCAS Book Event "The Future of China's Past"
Time: Oct 14, 2023, 09:30 AM Eastern Time (7:00 AM MST)
REGISTER FOR THE BOOK EVENT:
https://docs.google.com/....../1BsiZyWw....../viewform......
Deadline: Oct 12, 2023.
About the book:
The Future of China's Past examines how China's traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated for political purposes. Like no time before in its recent history, and certainly at no time in the history of the People's Republic, China is being shaped in terms of its past, but which past—Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, Buddhism—or combination of pasts is being held up as the model? Given its growing economic, political, and cultural significance, it is incumbent upon us to take China's rise seriously, yet perspectives involving modern and contemporary geopolitical and intrastate dynamics are insufficient, on their own, for understanding China's rise, and the same holds true for economic analyses, however pertinent. Instead, this book looks at current engagements with models of China's past, introducing the four traditional lenses of Chinese thought and reflecting on their potential relevance for China's—and the world's—future.