Dialogues across civilizations : sketches in world history from the Chinese and European experiences / Roxann Prazniak.
Series: Essays in world historyPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0813327350
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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
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