Myth and the Making of History: Narrating Early China With Sarah Allan (SUNY in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

Myth and the Making of History: Narrating Early China With Sarah Allan (SUNY in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
by: Constance A. Cook (Editor),Christopher J. Foster (Editor),Susan Blader (Editor)&0more
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Publication Date: 2024/6/1
Language: English
Print Length: 285 pages
ISBN-10: 1438497687
ISBN-13: 9781438497686
Book Description
Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan throughout her career. Allan has worked at a crucial and sensitive intersection, where myth and history collide at the very heart of China's origin story. Her work has created an intellectual space in which the disciplines of philosophy, history, anthropology, archeology, philology, and literature have come together, helping to change the way scholars conceive of historical patterns in China's past. In Myth and the Making of History, eleven senior and emerging scholars, from both China and the West, respond to the intellectual challenge raised by Allan's theoretical model of analysis of mythologized and historical figures (and even dynasties) that have intrigued scholars for generations and play a central role in the Chinese historical imagination. The book will be of great interest to all scholars and students of China--of whatever level and discipline--and, indeed, those concerned with other early civilizations as well.
About the Author
Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan throughout her career. Allan has worked at a crucial and sensitive intersection, where myth and history collide at the very heart of China's origin story. Her work has created an intellectual space in which the disciplines of philosophy, history, anthropology, archeology, philology, and literature have come together, helping to change the way scholars conceive of historical patterns in China's past. In Myth and the Making of History, eleven senior and emerging scholars, from both China and the West, respond to the intellectual challenge raised by Allan's theoretical model of analysis of mythologized and historical figures (and even dynasties) that have intrigued scholars for generations and play a central role in the Chinese historical imagination. The book will be of great interest to all scholars and students of China--of whatever level and discipline--and, indeed, those concerned with other early civilizations as well. Read more