| ID | 135419 |
| Title Proper | Doing Sinology in former socialist states, reflections from the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland and Russia |
| Other Title Information | introduction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shih, Chih-Yu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The study of China in each of the former socialist states has a long tradition in the humanities. Before the socialist period, the philological tradition was based largely on the legacy of French sinology. During the
socialist period, China Studies adopted scientific principles in accordance with Marxist perspectives, but these were primarily superimposed without any intellectual roots among sinologists. Such was the case in
Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Vietnam, and the other socialist environments. The humanities were considered part of scientific research, thus making for a situation quite different from that in Western, primarily American, institutions of higher education, where the social sciences and the humanities were two different kinds of basic research, with their own epistemological assumptions and methodological approaches. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Review Vol.14, No.2; Fal.2014: p.1-10 |
| Journal Source | China Review 2014-12 14, 2 |
| Standard Number | Czechoslovakia |