Philippe Major is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. He is the coeditor, with Thierry Meynard, of Dao Companion to Liang Shuming's Philosophy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Reviving the Spirit of Confucius2. Returning to the Origin Interlude: Contextualizing Teleological History and Individual Autonomy3. Performing Sagely Authority4. Subsuming the Truth of Former Masters and SagesConclusion Hegemony and the Politics of AntitraditionNotesBibliographyIndex

"…[a] masterpiece of intellectual history." — Twentieth-Century China"Confucian Iconoclasm is a compelling and thought-provoking contribution that reshapes our understanding of tradition, modernity, and authority in Republican China." — Religious Studies Review"…Confucian Iconoclasm is undoubtedly an excellent work that significantly enriches our understanding of modern China's intellectual landscape." — H-Net Reviews (H-Asia)"Major's work has the capacity to liberate twentieth-century Chinese philosophy as well as history from the interpretative shackles of the tradition/modernity dyad, thereby making possible intellectual life no longer subject to the hegemony of May Fourth ideology." — Lionel M. Jensen, University of Notre Dame"Philippe Major offers a systematic engagement with and intervention in May Fourth historiography by reinterpreting Confucian conservatism as Confucian iconoclasm, with its radical and antitraditionalist stance and worldview. It's high time we had such a book." — On-cho Ng, Pennsylvania State University

Philippe Major is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. He is the coeditor, with Thierry Meynard, of Dao Companion to Liang Shuming's Philosophy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Reviving the Spirit of Confucius2. Returning to the Origin Interlude: Contextualizing Teleological History and Individual Autonomy3. Performing Sagely Authority4. Subsuming the Truth of Former Masters and SagesConclusion Hegemony and the Politics of AntitraditionNotesBibliographyIndex

"…[a] masterpiece of intellectual history." — Twentieth-Century China"Confucian Iconoclasm is a compelling and thought-provoking contribution that reshapes our understanding of tradition, modernity, and authority in Republican China." — Religious Studies Review"…Confucian Iconoclasm is undoubtedly an excellent work that significantly enriches our understanding of modern China's intellectual landscape." — H-Net Reviews (H-Asia)"Major's work has the capacity to liberate twentieth-century Chinese philosophy as well as history from the interpretative shackles of the tradition/modernity dyad, thereby making possible intellectual life no longer subject to the hegemony of May Fourth ideology." — Lionel M. Jensen, University of Notre Dame"Philippe Major offers a systematic engagement with and intervention in May Fourth historiography by reinterpreting Confucian conservatism as Confucian iconoclasm, with its radical and antitraditionalist stance and worldview. It's high time we had such a book." — On-cho Ng, Pennsylvania State University

Philippe Major is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. He is the coeditor, with Thierry Meynard, of Dao Companion to Liang Shuming's Philosophy.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Reviving the Spirit of Confucius2. Returning to the Origin Interlude: Contextualizing Teleological History and Individual Autonomy3. Performing Sagely Authority4. Subsuming the Truth of Former Masters and SagesConclusion Hegemony and the Politics of AntitraditionNotesBibliographyIndex

"…[a] masterpiece of intellectual history." — Twentieth-Century China"Confucian Iconoclasm is a compelling and thought-provoking contribution that reshapes our understanding of tradition, modernity, and authority in Republican China." — Religious Studies Review"…Confucian Iconoclasm is undoubtedly an excellent work that significantly enriches our understanding of modern China's intellectual landscape." — H-Net Reviews (H-Asia)"Major's work has the capacity to liberate twentieth-century Chinese philosophy as well as history from the interpretative shackles of the tradition/modernity dyad, thereby making possible intellectual life no longer subject to the hegemony of May Fourth ideology." — Lionel M. Jensen, University of Notre Dame"Philippe Major offers a systematic engagement with and intervention in May Fourth historiography by reinterpreting Confucian conservatism as Confucian iconoclasm, with its radical and antitraditionalist stance and worldview. It's high time we had such a book." — On-cho Ng, Pennsylvania State University