Sinology in post-communist states : views from the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland, and Russia /
edited by Chih-yu Shih.
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 277 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : an anthropology of knowledge in post-communist sinology / Part I. Doing sinology from post-communist perspectives -- 1. Beyond academia and politics : understanding China and doing sinology in Czechoslovakia after World War II / 2. Linguistic choices for the identity of "China" in the discourse of Czech sinologists / 3. Surging between China and Russia : legacies, politics, and turns of sinology in contemporary Mongolia / 4. Sinology in Poland : epistemological debates and academic practice / 5. The lifting of the "iron veil" by Russian sinologists during the Soviet period (1917-1991) / 6. Soviet sinology : two conflicting paradigms of Chinese history / 7. Chinese studies in post-Soviet Russia : from uneven development to the search for integrity / part II. Being sinologists in post-communist societies -- 8. Polish sinology : reflections on individualized trajectories / 9. "The songs of ancient China" : the myth of "the other" appropriated by an emerging sinology / 10. Between sinology and socialism : the collective memory of Czech sinologists in the 1950s / 11. Tangut (Xi Xia) studies in the Soviet Union : the quinta essentia of Russian Oriental studies / 12. Different ways to become a Soviet sinologist : a note on personal choices / Conclusion : the evolution of sinology after the communist party-state / Chih-yu Shih -- Olga Lomov�a and Anna Z�adrapov�a -- Melissa Shih-hui Lin -- Enkhchimeg Baatarkhuyag and Chih-yu Shih -- Anna Rudakowska -- Valentin C. Golovachev -- Alexander Pisarev -- Alexei D. Voskressenski -- Bogdan J. G�oralczyk -- Olga Lomov�a and Anna Z�adrapov�a -- Ter-Hsing Cheng -- Sergey Dmitriev -- Marina Kuznetsova-Fetisova -- Chih-yu Shih.
"Drawing on extensive historical studies of the lives and works of distinctive yet understudied sinologists in the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland, and Russia, this volume takes readers on a journey of exploration and rediscovery of post-communist sinology--an important topic that we know surprisingly little about. After the end of the Cold War, the China Studies research agenda in these four countries has evolved divergently without any apparent shared orientation, despite the previously shared socialist and Communist legacies. Contributors draw on case studies to illustrate how sinologists in these countries actively use diverse approaches to map China's modern evolution and deconstruct stereotypical notions of China's rise in the twenty-first century. These hallmark studies also reveal sinologists' deep engagement with the Chinese humanities. The conclusions in this volume have major implications for the evolution of intellectual history and its analysis, by emphasizing the importance of individualized agency to the practice of post-Communist sinology as both a statement of identity and a strategy for survival during tumultuous political times."--Back cover.