After revolution : reading Rousseau in 1990s China

• Main Authors: van Dongen, Els, Chang, Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Intellectual History; Political Philosophy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143782
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article reviews Zhu Xueqin’s (b. 1952) writings on Jean-Jacques Rousseau against the background of the reception of Rousseau in China since the late nineteenth century. Rousseau was both an advocate and critic of the Enlightenment, and his work hence appealed to many Chinese intellectuals who s...