Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity
Introduction '''"Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity"''' () is an influential article of around 35,000 characters in length by Chinese intellectual historian and literary scholar Wang Hui, written in 1994 and published in left-wing literature journal ''Tianya'' (天涯) in 1997.An English translation by Rebecca E. Karl appeared in a volume of ''Social Text'' titled "Intellectual Politics in Post-Tiananmen China" (1998).The article became the subject of intense debate and attention both for its methodology—an unusually socio-historical approach to intellectual history—and its expressed politics, which are critical of capitalist modernity. According to academic Yue Gang, it is "a cornerstone in the transformation of contemporary Chinese thought" and "has become a benchmark for the New Left."
See also *Chinese intellectualism
References
External links * Wang Hui. "''Dangdai Zhongguo de Sixiang Zhuangkuang yu Xiandaixing Wenti''" "''Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity''". ''Tianya'' 5 (1997). * Wang Hui, tr. Rebecca E. Karl. "Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity." ''Social Text''  55: Intellectual Politics in Post-Tiananmen China (1998): pp. 9–44.