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While the period of this study covers the last hundred years or so, I range back in time to better understand these responses in our present moment that is characterized by three global changes: (1) the rise of non-Western powers; (2) the loss of authoritative sources of transcendence (e.g., Marxism or religion); and (3) the looming crisis of plane

Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)

Archive — Remains of the Day

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the humanities as we know them emerged in response to the violence of the two world wars, precisely because those conflicts revealed that scientific progress does not guarantee moral progress. A humanist education teaches us to question dominant narratives, to recognize how certain ways of thinking rise to prominence while others fade from view.

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At the base of the Song triumphs was the excellence of governance. The Song Dynasty has been termed “The Age of Confucian Rule.”

Jeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions

[Chinese] Authority is expressed in the use of the Classics (both Chinese and Western) in today’s Chinese educational system. Memory of what it means to be Chinese. That Authority is expressed in the “participatory” way that the Chinese understand “Marxism.” That Authority is expressed in the care taken that no one can publicly undermine trust in t

The Monster Discloses Himself

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Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed firml

Richard Haass • The World

It also meant that Chinese students began to flow into classrooms at places like MIT and Berkeley, and later into the labs where alumni of such schools often end up. As China’s economic growth took off in the early 2000s after the country was admitted to the World Trade Organization, many Chinese educated abroad took a chance and returned to China,... See more

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Pipeline or Catalyst? The Dual Paths of Elite Education

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