Educating China in Europe

Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modernity, 1907-1946
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-90-485-5913-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 447 g

Reihe: Asian History

This book offers the first comprehensive study of cosmopolitanism in education between China and Europe from the late Qing to the Republican period.

Drawing on previously untapped archives, it examines transnational Sino-French educational initiatives led by the World Society, an anarchist learning association, from 1907 to 1946. Readers gain insight into the journals published in France that promote the World Society’s educational experiments, revealing how cosmopolitan ideals shaped by anarchist principles negotiate with nationalism. The book explores how these ideals, rooted in a transcendent vision of humanity, intertwine with the universalism of modern Western thought, ultimately taking the form of a hierarchical and aggressive mode of cosmopolitanism.

Educating China in Europe is written for scholars and students of Chinese studies, transnational education, and modern intellectual history, and is valuable for those researching anarchism, cosmopolitanism, and Sino-European relations.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liang, Hongling

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Education as revolution: Theorising education and learning in Xin Shiji (1907–1910) 2. Cultivating autonomous and well-rounded individuals: Educating Chinese workers in Europe 3. From anarcho-cosmopolitan education to a nationalist turn 4. Education and learning in a ‘civilising’ school: The Sino-French Institute of Lyon (1921–1946) Epilogue and conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Hongling Liang is a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. She previously held academic and research positions at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, the City University of Hong Kong, and University Lyon (Jean Moulin). Her research focuses on modern Chinese intellectual and cultural history, with particular emphasis on the transnational connections between China and Europe in the early twentieth century. Drawing on sources in Chinese, French, and English, her work explores the circulation of ideas across linguistic and cultural boundaries.