Discourses of Weakness in Modern China Historical Diagnoses of the Sick Man of East Asia |
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| Editor:
| Amelung, Iwo
Riebold, Sebastian |
| Series title: | Discourses of Weakness and Resource Regimes, Volume 1 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-593-50902-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2021 |
| Publisher: | Campus Verlag GmbH
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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From the time of China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-95 until the 1930s, the assumption that China was a "weak state" dominated political discourse in China and beyond. In those discussions, China was seen as lacking competitiveness in a world that was increasingly being understood in harsh Darwinian terms. Aiming to better understand contemporary China's self-image and identity, this volume traces both the emergence of the narrative of China's alleged "national ruin"...
More DescriptionFrom the time of China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-95 until the 1930s, the assumption that China was a "weak state" dominated political discourse in China and beyond. In those discussions, China was seen as lacking competitiveness in a world that was increasingly being understood in harsh Darwinian terms. Aiming to better understand contemporary China's self-image and identity, this volume traces both the emergence of the narrative of China's alleged "national ruin" and the discursive construction of China as the "Sick Man of East Asia."