Oriens Extremus. Kultur, Geschichte, Reflexion in Ostasien. Jahrgang 60 (2023)

[Zeitschrift für Sprache, Kunst und Kultur der Länder des Fernen Ostens]. Hrsg. von Thomas Fröhlich und Kai Vogelsang. 'Oriens Extremus' has been appearing since 1954. Its contributions and reviews, written mostly in German and English, are concentrating on the cultural and intellectual history of Premodern China and on the relations between China and the cultures of Japan, Korea and the countries of South-East Asia. Major fields of interest are history, literature, philosophy, religion, archaeology and art history. This journal contains altogether 7 contributions (predominantly in English). From the Contents: Kai Vogelsang: The Concept of "Class" in China’s Transformative Period, 1895-1925; - Jiang Lingnan: The Initial Foundation and Dissemination of the CCP’s Concept of jieji (Class) (1918-1926); - Stefan Christ: Temporalization and Differentiation. The Formation of the Modern Theater Concepts in Twentieth-Century China; - Paul Fahr: The Despotic State Reconsidered: On a Recent Debate in Chinese Academia; - Anders Sydskjør: Xunzi 21 "Undoing Blindness". Saying what the Way is and Knowing What to Do; - Marie Schierhorn: Zwischen Gelehrsamkeit und Wissenschaft: Eine wissenschaftssoziologische Neulesung des 'Shangshu guwen shuzheng'; - Agostino Sepe: Staring at Horsewomen: Chinese Literati in Manchuria and their Narratives of Self and Other. 275 Seiten mit zwei Karten, broschiert (Harrassowitz Verlag 2023) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear