Modernism in China
While the classical world-view of China makes transition to a modern social idealism relatively easy, the popular religions and the dead weight of ancient social customs present a formidable barrier. The factors forcing modernization, here as elsewhere, are the new industralism, science and the demo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1925
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The journal of religion
Year: 1925, Volume: 5, Issue: 5, Pages: 449-462 |
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| Summary: | While the classical world-view of China makes transition to a modern social idealism relatively easy, the popular religions and the dead weight of ancient social customs present a formidable barrier. The factors forcing modernization, here as elsewhere, are the new industralism, science and the democratic ideal. The signs of modernism appear in the dropping of the state cult, in the reformation beginning in Buddhism, in syncretistic movements and, most hopeful of all, in the Renaissance movement. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480530 |