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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674687906

ISBN-139780674687905

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Book TitlePolitics of Sinology : the Case of Naito Konan, 1866-1934

Number of Pages456 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsia / General

Publication Year1984

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorJoshua A. Fogel

Book SeriesHarvard East Asian Monographs

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight29.4 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN83-027280

Dewey Edition19

Series Volume NumberNo. 114

Dewey Decimal951/.0072024

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Preface 1 China in Mid-Meiji Japan: A Preliminary Survey Europeans on China and Her History Meiji Sinology Travelers to China and Reformers 2 Naito's Early Years Local Scholarly Traditions in Kazuno and the Generation of Naito's Grandfathers Naito Juwan and the Meiji Restoration Naito Konan's Early Education Early Political Concerns, Domestic and Foreign To the Battleground in Tokyo and the Emergence of a Journalistic Style Anti-Government Nationalism and the Meiji Press Japanese Cultural Nationalism and China 3 The 1890s: The Reform of China and the Making of a Sinologist Prelude to Reform: Naito's Association with Takahashi Kenzo Reform by War Maturation and Fermentation: Naito on China, 1895-1897 Reform by Colonialism: Taiwan, 1897-1898 Indigenous Reform: The 1898 Reform Movement and the Meiji Restoration Reform by Osmosis: Sino-Japanese Cultural Contact 4 Kyoto University and the Importance of the Ch'ing in Chinese History Scholarly Life at Kyoto University in the "Golden Age" Early Writings on the Ch'ing The Fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty and the Rise of Ch'ing Studies Explaining the Collapse of the Ch'ing Dynasty New Directions in Ch'ing Studies and Elaboration of Theses Why the Ch'ing Period? 5 On China: Periodization and the Essence of Republicanism The Motivation Behind Writing Shinaron Periodization as a Dynamic Argument Shinaron and the Local Nature of Chinese Society Hsiang-t'uan and the Social Basis of Republicanism Critiques of Shinaron Further Perspectives on the T'ang-Sung Periodization The Ancient-Medieval Periodization Periodization and the Meaning of "Modernity" 6 Current Events and Shinagaku: A Sinologist's Response to Contemporary Politics, 1907-1934 A Leader Making Sense of Disorder Foreign Intervention in China Japan's Role in China and Asia Korea as a Special Case Shin Shinaron: On the New China The Chinese Communists and the Problem of Chinese Conceptions of Reform Manchuria and Manchukuo 7 Historical Perspective: Naito Konan and the Sprouts of Republicanism Appendixes I. Emperors of the Ch'ing Dynasty II. Chinese Dynasties and Naito's Periodization Notes Bibliography Glossary Index

SynopsisNaito Konan's periodization of Chinese history is responsible for shaping the twentieth-century Western view of China. Naito was a journalist in the vibrant Meiji press for twenty years, during which he became recognized as Japan's leading Sinologist. He then assumed a chair in China Studies at Kyoto University, where he taught for twenty years, remaining all the while a prolific writer on public affairs. Joshua Fogel's biography treats Naito holistically, pointing up the intricate connections between his Sinological and political interests. As a part of an ongoing tradition based in jitsugaku (concern with the practical applications of knowledge), Naito focused on what he took to be Japan's mission, after its own Meiji reforms, to help China implement comparable reforms. His emphasis on Chinese history and culture as the central influence in East Asia strengthened his Pan-Asian political convictions. Fogel's study offers a penetrating look at a scholar-journalist whose influence, fifty years after his death, is still powerful.

LC Classification NumberDS734.9.N3