David Ownby
The rise of China and Chinese public intellectuals
A panorama of intellectual life in contemporary China, through a unique historical approach.
Coupled with the relative decline of the West from 2008 onwards, China's rise as a result of the reform and opening-up policy has given rise to a deep-seated conviction in the minds of many Chinese public intellectuals that the world is going through a period of fundamental transformation. But who are these thinkers ? And what exactly are they saying, or what are they allowed to say ?
For several years, historian David Ownby has been selecting and translating intellectual productions that are difficult for Western audiences to access, and then recording them on his website Reading the China Dream. The fruits of this labor were exhibited at the Collège de France in June 2022, and are the subject of this book.
Through a presentation of the main intellectual currents (New Confucianism, liberalism, New Left) and portraits of non-dissident figures, the author draws up a panorama of China's ideological landscape and published content, which are all sources contributing to our understanding of the world's second power .
Ownby D., L'Essor de la Chine et les intellectuels publics chinois, Paris, Collège de France, coll. " Conférences ", 2023, 108 p.
ISBN : 978-2-7226-0620-3
Price :18 €
Publication : 14 September 2023
