“Chinese Identity” as a Problem
In this short report, Wang Bin wonders about the issues related to language when it comes to talking about Chinese identity. While qualifying a relativist cultural approach, he opposes a holistic conception of identity which would look for the authentic in the atemporal. By basing his research on th...
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2009
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this short report, Wang Bin wonders about the issues related to language when it comes to talking about Chinese identity. While qualifying a relativist cultural approach, he opposes a holistic conception of identity which would look for the authentic in the atemporal. By basing his research on the different uses of words representing China and the Chinese in various languages, Wang Bin depicts an aspect of the Chinese collective identity which complex reality can not be expressed formally. |
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