Modernity, or monstrosity? Contemporary critical approaches to the problem of Chinese modernization

VÁVRA, Dušan. Modernity, or monstrosity? Contemporary critical approaches to the problem of Chinese modernization. In 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions IAHR Regional Conference Pisa, 30 August – 3 September 2021. 2021.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Modernity, or monstrosity? Contemporary critical approaches to the problem of Chinese modernization

Název česky

Modernita, nebo monstrozita? Současné kritické přístupy k problému čínské modernizace

Název anglicky

Modernity, or monstrosity? Contemporary critical approaches to the problem of Chinese modernization

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VÁVRA, Dušan

Vydání

18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions IAHR Regional Conference Pisa, 30 August – 3 September 2021, 2021

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Další údaje

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Klíčová slova česky

Čína; science fiction; modernizace; nacionalismus

Klíčová slova anglicky

China; science fiction; modernization; nationalism

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V originále

"Modernization" (xiandaihua) belongs among the key terms used in China to conceptualize the process of forming Chinese identity in the 20th-21st c. A lot of research has been done on how modernization shapes Chinese traditions (including religious ones) or how modernization in China is shaped by its traditions. In this paper, I focus on a different aspect of the dynamic relations between tradition and modernity in Chinese context. I address the contemporary forms of the strain in modern Chinese thought that questions the process of modernization as something alien to Chinese culture and society. I use selected essayistic and fictional works by authors of two periods - beginning of 20th c. and beginnning of 21st century - to show the continuity of a peculiar sentiment in Chinese thought - the problem of China’s monstrosity vis-à-vis modernity.

Anglicky

"Modernization" (xiandaihua) belongs among the key terms used in China to conceptualize the process of forming Chinese identity in the 20th-21st c. A lot of research has been done on how modernization shapes Chinese traditions (including religious ones) or how modernization in China is shaped by its traditions. In this paper, I focus on a different aspect of the dynamic relations between tradition and modernity in Chinese context. I address the contemporary forms of the strain in modern Chinese thought that questions the process of modernization as something alien to Chinese culture and society. I use selected essayistic and fictional works by authors of two periods - beginning of 20th c. and beginnning of 21st century - to show the continuity of a peculiar sentiment in Chinese thought - the problem of China’s monstrosity vis-à-vis modernity.