The West as the other a genealogy of Chinese Occidentalism
Long before the Europeans reached the east, the ancient Chinese had advanced their perspectives of the west. In this groundbreaking book, Wang explores a fascinating perspective of the Other. He locates the Other in the alternating directionologies of classical and imperial China, leading the reader...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong [China] :
Chinese University Press
[2014]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39940019*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on transliteration and bibliography
- Introduction : rethinking "the West"
- King Mu (Mu Tianzi) and the journey to the West
- "illusionary" and "realistic" geographies
- Easternizing the West, Westernizing the East
- Chaos and the West
- "Western Territories" (Xiyu), India, and "South Sea" (Nanhai)
- Beyond the seas : other kingdoms and other materials
- Islands, intermediaries, and "Europeanization"
- Conclusion : towards other perspectives of the other
- Postscript
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
