Culture and Social Transformations in Reform Era China

Cao Tian Yu, Ph.D. (1987) in Philosophy, University of Cambridge, teaches philosophy at Boston University, with special interests in philosophical issues related to modernity and globalization. His publication includes The Chinese Model of Modern Development (Routledge, 2005)Zhong Xueping, Ph.D. (1993) in Comparative Literature, University of Iowa, is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture at Tufts University. She has written on contemporary Chinese literature, film, television drama, and other related issues including Mainstream Culture Refocused (University of Hawaii Press, 2010).Liao Kebin, Ph.D. (1989) in Classical Chinese Literature, Hangzhou University, is Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at Peking University. He has published extensively, including monographs and articles, on Ming Dynasty literature, classical novel and drama.

• CONTENTSIntroduction Cao TianyuPART I“Consider the Other More Important than the Self ”: Liang Shuming’s View of Confucian EthicsChen LaiThe Basic Form, Actual Form, and Potential Form of Neo-Confucianism: Considering the Historical Function and Practical Signifi cance of Neo-Confucianism Liao KebinIndividual Identifi cation and the Realm of Moral CharacterLiu DongClassical and Modern Readings of Laozi’s ZiranLiu XiaoganThe Isomorphism of Family and State and the Integration of Church and State: On the Differences between the Confucian Political Tradition and Democratic PoliticsShi YuankangConfucian Experience and Philosophical Discourse— Refl ections on Some Aporiae in Contemporary Neo-ConfucianismJoel ThoravalPART II“Westernization” vs. “Sinicization”: An Ineffaceable Paradox within China’s Modernization ProcessYu KepingContradictions within Enlightenment IdeasXu JilinRural Reconstruction, the Nation-State and China’s Modernity Problem: Refl ections on Liang Shuming’s Rural Reconstruction Theory and Its PracticeLu XinyuWho is Afraid of Lu Xun? The Politics of “Debates about Lu Xun” and the Question of His Legacy in Post-Revolution China Zhong XuepingProgress Theory: The Constraint on China’s Cultural RenaissanceHe QingPART III“One and Three, Three and One”: The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese ModernityTang ShaojieWhy Did the Cultural Revolution End?Han ShaogongA Unique Transcendence: Deng Xiaoping’s China and Mao Zedong’s ChinaGong YuzhiThe Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Reform Era Political CultureRoderick MacFarquharThe Influence of China’s Cultural Tradition of Revolution on Reform-Period Conceptions of ModernityCao TianyuThe Chinese Revolution and the Self Identity of the Chinese NationLin ChunComments on Gong Yuzhi’s “A Unique Transcendence” and Roderick MacFarquhar’s “The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Reform-era Political Culture” Lin ChunChina’s Social Transformation and Two Types of Modernity Gao LikeConfucian Marxism and its Implications in the Current Age of GlobalizationChen WeigangThe Cold War, Imperial Aesthetics, and Area Studies Wang BanThemes for China: Modern Arts, Modern ConflictMarshall Berman