Book contents
- The Politics of the Past in Early China
- The Politics of the Past in Early China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Time out of Joint
- 2 A Parenthetical Past
- 3 Specter of the Past
- 4 The Rehabilitation of Antiquity in the Early Han Empire
- 5 Sima Qian’s Critical Past
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2019
Book contents
- The Politics of the Past in Early China
- The Politics of the Past in Early China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Time out of Joint
- 2 A Parenthetical Past
- 3 Specter of the Past
- 4 The Rehabilitation of Antiquity in the Early Han Empire
- 5 Sima Qian’s Critical Past
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Epilogue summarizes the key findings of each chapter, and reflects on some of the larger implications of the basic argument of the book, namely that engagements with the past in early China were less a matter of cultural attitude than they were deliberate ideological mobilization towards various political ends.
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- The Politics of the Past in Early China , pp. 177 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019