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HISTORICAL WRITING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SINCE 1978

Revue Tiers monde, 2013-10 (216), p.89-110

ISSN: 1293-8882 ;EISSN: 1963-1359

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  • Title:
    HISTORICAL WRITING IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SINCE 1978
  • Author: Zhang, Xupeng
  • Subjects: China ; Communist Parties ; Historians ; Historiography ; Modernization ; Peoples Republic of China ; Political History ; Reform ; Revolutions ; Social History
  • Is Part Of: Revue Tiers monde, 2013-10 (216), p.89-110
  • Description: The December 1978 decision at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party to implement reform and openlng-up marks an important watershed in historical studies in contemporary China. With this in mind, historical studies in contemporary China can be conveniently subdivided into three periods: the period from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the start of the Cultural Revolution (19491966); the Cultural Revolution period (1966-1976); and the period starting with reform and opening-up, or the 'new period' (1978 onwards). This paper gives a comprehensive survey on the historical writing in the People's Republic of China since 1978. The paper has three parts. The first part is about how and why Chinese historians turn away from traditional political history to cultural and social histories. The second part analyses four paradigms in contemporary historical research in China: revolutionary history paradigm, modernization paradigm, postmodern paradigm, and global history paradigm. The third part reviews World History studies in China and lists four methods that have successively been employed, namely, the total/integral history, modernization history, the history of civilizational exchange, and global history. The paper concludes that it is incumbent on Chinese historians to be sensitive to all foreign historiographies while steadfastly adhering to the best Chinese traditions, for only in this way can a unique and worthy model of Chinese historiography emerge. Adapted from the source document.
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1293-8882
    EISSN: 1963-1359
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