Symptoms of an Unruly Age : Li Zhi and Cultures of Early Modernity

Symptoms of an Unruly Age Li Zhi and Cultures of Early Modernity

Symptoms of an Unruly Age compares the writings of Li Zhi (1527-1602) and his late-Ming compatriots to texts composed by their European contemporaries, including Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Cervantes. Emphasizing aesthetic patterns that transcend national boundaries, Rivi Handler-Spitz explores thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Handler-Spitz, Rebecca, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle, [Washington] ; London, [England] : University of Washington Press 2017.
Subjects:
Li, Zhi, > 1527-1602 > Criticism and interpretation.
HISTORY / Asia / China
Sociology > Philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Culture > Philosophy.
Critical theory.
Civilization, Modern > Philosophy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009657633106719
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Summary:Symptoms of an Unruly Age compares the writings of Li Zhi (1527-1602) and his late-Ming compatriots to texts composed by their European contemporaries, including Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Cervantes. Emphasizing aesthetic patterns that transcend national boundaries, Rivi Handler-Spitz explores these works as culturally distinct responses to similar social and economic tensions affecting early modern cultures on both ends of Eurasia. The paradoxes, ironies, and self-contradictions that pervade these works are symptomatic of the hypocrisy, social posturing, and counterfeiting that afflicted both Chinese and European societies at the turn of the seventeenth century.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780295741970

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