This volume presents 16 essays previously published by Chinese intellectuals and academics in Chinese journals, who discuss China's cultural transformation since the 1970s and the origins, state, challenges, and direction of modern culture in the country. They address its formation, the impact of globalization and modernization, traditional and modern culture, Western and Chinese culture, Chinese learning, Confucianism and modern culture, Chinese modern literature, modern Chinese religion, women's writing, and the adaptation of Marxism to China. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Centering on the cultural transformations of China since late 1970s and covering a diverse of topics in the field, this collection of articles presents a multi-dimensional narrative on the dynamics, dilemmas and characteristics involving this giant process.