Abstract
In his article, “Mapping Out Chinese Modernity and Alternative Modernity,” Song Li reviews the writings of Kang Liu, particularly his Aesthetics and Marxism. Kang Liu studies the intellectual trajectory of Chinese Marxism from its inception to its post-Mao phases of transformation by comparing it with the cultural and aesthetic thinking of Western Marxism. It provides not only a new perspective for the study of Marxism in general and Chinese Marxism in particular, but also opens up a new space for mapping out Chinese modernity and alternative modernity. Its 2012 Chinese translation makes it more accessible in China, and it will have a far-reaching impact on the Chinese intellectual scene in the years to come.
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Li, Song.
"Mapping Out Chinese Modernity and Alternative Modernity."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
20.3
(2018):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.3247>
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