First-Year Seminars 110TR - Intellectuals in Modern China

A study of the visions, plans, and frustrations of intellectuals taking part in the revolutionary changes of twentieth-century China. Beginning with the radical youth of the May Fourth Movement, the course will also include Confucian reactions to modernism, moderate constitutionalist solutions, and the anarchist and Communist movements. Topics for discussion will include the ideology and cultural biases of the historian/observer, the role of intellectuals in society, and the impact of European ideas--Marxism, Ibsenism, Darwinism, among others--on traditional Chinese culture.

Course limited to first-years, transfers, and FPs in their 1st 2 semesters