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Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity

This is a single-authored monograph as a result of more than a decade extensive research work covering a wide range of materials, particularly unearthing much neglected first-hand resources involving Lin Yutang’s cross-cultural practices across China and the West through archival research in various institutions in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the US. It is a cross-cultural critique on the problematic of the liberal cosmopolitan in modern Chinese intellectuality, a most challenging and critical issue facing modern China. Apart from rediscovering the significance of Lin Yutang’s cultural practices, the book pioneers in opening up challenging enquiries in Chinese modernity studies.