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体育作为方法: 换一个角度看中国文明传统

体育作为方法: 换一个角度看中国文明传统 作者: 徐国琦 出版: 四川人民出版社 出版年份: 2025 这并不是一本就体育谈体育的书,而是体育的文化史、文明史和文化交流史。它意欲借助体育来解读中国文明特性,揭示中外文明互鉴、交流,彰显中国与其他文明「共有」的历史、共同的旅程。

The Idea of China: A Contested History

The Idea of China: A Contested History 作者: 徐国琦 出版: 哈佛大学出版社 出版年份: 2026 An acclaimed historian’s bold response to two simple, yet vexed, questions: What counts as China, and who counts as Chinese?   China became a capitalist superpower by investing in globalization. Now that it has established its credentials—and emerged as a major US competitor—its leaders are looking within, focused on suppressing dissent and fostering cohesion. The result has been an increasingly nationalist cultural agenda, celebrating a Chinese identity steeped in the mystique of the Middle Kingdom and nostalgia for heroic twentieth-century resistance. Yet Chinese nationalism, like nationalism everywhere, is fraught. Few Westerners, and even fewer Chinese, recognize that the very idea of China is up for grabs.   In this sweeping history, Xu Guoqi explores the transnational construction of Chineseness. The Idea of China describes an identity constantly under renovation. Through dialogue and confronta