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The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China
Rebecca E. Karl
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Description for The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China
Hardback. Rebecca E. Karl interrogates the concept and practice of "the economic" as it was understood in China in the 1930s and the 1980s and 90s, showing how the use of Eurocentric philosophies, narratives, and conceptions of the economic that exist outside lived experiences fail to capture modern China's complex history. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it was construed historically in China in the 1930s and again in the 1980s and 1990s. Separated by the Chinese Revolution and Mao's socialist experiments, each era witnessed urgent discussions about how to think about economic concepts derived from capitalism in modern China. Both eras were highly cosmopolitan and each faced its own global crisis in economic and historical philosophy: in the 1930s, capitalism's failures suggested that socialism offered a plausible solution, while the abandonment of socialism five decades later provoked a rethinking of ... Read more
In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it was construed historically in China in the 1930s and again in the 1980s and 1990s. Separated by the Chinese Revolution and Mao's socialist experiments, each era witnessed urgent discussions about how to think about economic concepts derived from capitalism in modern China. Both eras were highly cosmopolitan and each faced its own global crisis in economic and historical philosophy: in the 1930s, capitalism's failures suggested that socialism offered a plausible solution, while the abandonment of socialism five decades later provoked a rethinking of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822363101
SKU
V9780822363101
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About Rebecca E. Karl
Rebecca E. Karl is Associate Professor of History at New York University. She is the author of Mao Zedong and China in the Twentieth-Century World: A Concise History and Staging the World: Chinese Nationalism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, and co-translator (with Xueping Zhong) of Cai Xiang's Revolution and Its Narratives: China’s Socialist Literary and Cultural Imaginaries, 1949-1966, all ... Read more
Reviews for The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China
"A challenging and often compelling perspective on modern Chinese history."
Terry Peach
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
"An intelligent analysis of important historiographical issues in modern Chinese history."
Margherita Zanasi
American Historical Review
“Since The Magic of Concepts came out, I have found myself constantly recommending it to friends and colleagues, ... Read more
Terry Peach
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
"An intelligent analysis of important historiographical issues in modern Chinese history."
Margherita Zanasi
American Historical Review
“Since The Magic of Concepts came out, I have found myself constantly recommending it to friends and colleagues, ... Read more