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OverviewThe Invention of China in Early Modern England describes how several different English communities became aware of China. It begins by describing how early modern intellectuals used the utopian ideal of China to license all kinds of progressive innovation before chronicling how England’s growing commerce in southeast Asia radically changed China’s representation in the English discourse community. For the new community of English merchants proposing to trade in Chinese goods, China became the seminal example in the growing discourse community of English Orientalism. It was an absolute or arbitrary authoritarian state, associated with crooked business dealings, and cloaked in a rhetoric of secrecy and exclusion—a dangerous exception to the traditions, values, and identities of the emergent English speaking states. Finally, the book points out some of the ways that contemporary English language sources continue to represent this early modern English thought tradition, labelling the complexities of modern China with analytical vocabulary perhaps better suited to the pressing political anxieties of the seventeenth century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan E. LuxPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 2021 ed. Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9783030840341ISBN 10: 3030840344 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 03 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJonathan E. Lux, Ph.D. serves with Leadership Development International; he teaches at Tianjin International School, China, and resides with his family in Tianjin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |