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Two broadly intellectual trends are seen as influential in China today: (1) the zeal for “national essence” or “national character” and (2) constructive postmodernism. These two trends can, if under the guidance of Marxism, not only take root in China but further develop so that, with comparative ease, China can complete its “First Enlightenment”—realizing its modernization—and also very quickly enter into the “second enlightenment,” becoming the standard-bearer of a postmodern society.
This article appeared in 文汇报 (Wen Hui Bao), Shanghai, on Wednesday,
14 November 2011. The Wen Hui Bao was founded by leftist-leaning intellectuals in 1938. The newspaper has a circulation of more than two million today.
Process Perspectives, Spring 2012, 34(2): 1, 3–5
Translated by Franklin J. Woo, December 21, 2011
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Tang, Y. (2015). The Enlightenment and Its Difficult Journey in China. In: Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese Culture. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45533-3_22
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