Keywords
Comparative study, China, Chinese civilizations
Abstract
Chinese scholars have recently expressed much interest in the comparative study of civilizations, lately carried on mostly in the West, but long open to, and increasingly of interest to, diverse perspectives. This essay is intended to suggest a road toward the development of comparative-civilizational studies centered on some questions of both historical and contemporary significance, with particular attention to one question concerning which the initial presuppositions of Western and Chinese scholars, in particular, may be at variance, but where there may be room for the development of agreed empirical-theoretical conclusions.
Recommended Citation
Wilkinson, David
(2019)
"The comparative study of Civilizations and its Relation to China,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 81:
No.
81, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol81/iss81/2
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