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Sinology: Chinese Intellectual History and Transcultural Studies
Sinology: Chinese Intellectual History and Transcultural Studies
- Source :
- The Journal of Transcultural Studies, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 136-167 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Heidelberg University Publishing, 2017.
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Abstract
- In this article I attempt to identify some methodological connections between Chinese intellectual history and transcultural studies in Euro-American academia. I will focus on one shared methodological point: the critique of so-called “methodological nationalism,” that is, of the assumption (explicit or not) that the nation is the ultimate framework for research. Although this critique is a constitutive principle of transcultural studies, and it only represents a particular, and not necessarily mainstream, approach in Chinese intellectual history, the two fields have developed a shared agenda in this regard. In order to explain the tensions and convergences, I will first offer a quick historical overview of the two fields. First, I will focus on the contrast between old and new uses of the concept of “transcultural”; then I will contextualize Chinese intellectual history within the longer history of classical sinology and area studies. After this overview, I will explain their respective relations towards methodological nationalism and give evidence, in their recent history, of some intersecting points between the two.
- Subjects :
- sinology
chinese intellectual history
area studies
Social Sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21916411
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- The Journal of Transcultural Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.965a9b8fbc32437b9442eb7b9a685f66
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.ts.2016.2.23601