Dialogues across civilizations : sketches in world history from the Chinese and European experiences /
Prazniak, Roxann.
Dialogues across civilizations : sketches in world history from the Chinese and European experiences / Roxann Prazniak. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996. - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Essays in world history .
CONTENTS
Introduction: opening the European and Chinese experiences
society and the individual
The social and the individual: Thoughts from King Zi and Socrates
Reflections on Gender Relations: views from Ban Zhao and Christine de Pisan
Social Change and conflict
Patterns of urban and commercial development: The capital cities Paris and Hangzhou
Popular protest and rural activism: The utopian visions of Thomas Muntzer and Hong Xiuquan
Industrial capitalism and the Nation-state: Otto von Bismarck and Sun Zhongshan
History and Cosmology
Religion in socity: Huiyuan and saint Augustine on Human suffering
Synthesis of classical and religious traditions: The lixue of Zhu Xi and the scholasticism of Thomas Aquinas
Philosophical and environmental perspectives in nature Art: Claude Monet and Qi Baishi
Conclusions and epilogue: The Chinese and European experiences in contemporary contexts
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index p. 209-212
0813327350 0813327369
East and West.
China
Europe
Civilization.
940 / PRA
Dialogues across civilizations : sketches in world history from the Chinese and European experiences / Roxann Prazniak. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996. - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Essays in world history .
CONTENTS
Introduction: opening the European and Chinese experiences
society and the individual
The social and the individual: Thoughts from King Zi and Socrates
Reflections on Gender Relations: views from Ban Zhao and Christine de Pisan
Social Change and conflict
Patterns of urban and commercial development: The capital cities Paris and Hangzhou
Popular protest and rural activism: The utopian visions of Thomas Muntzer and Hong Xiuquan
Industrial capitalism and the Nation-state: Otto von Bismarck and Sun Zhongshan
History and Cosmology
Religion in socity: Huiyuan and saint Augustine on Human suffering
Synthesis of classical and religious traditions: The lixue of Zhu Xi and the scholasticism of Thomas Aquinas
Philosophical and environmental perspectives in nature Art: Claude Monet and Qi Baishi
Conclusions and epilogue: The Chinese and European experiences in contemporary contexts
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index p. 209-212
0813327350 0813327369
East and West.
China
Europe
Civilization.
940 / PRA