The ever-increasing interactions between the Chinese and the Western World result in fast-paced global transitions. The series has been created to capture these developments, presenting monographs and collections on the Chinese-Western Discourse in the humanities. It features outstanding contributions reflecting current debates in philosophy, cultural theory, literature and religion. All contributions are peer reviewed.

The union of culture and politics that is so characteristic of modern Chinese history gained its first concise expression in the May Fourth Movement of 1919. The essays in this edited volume examine the exchange of ideas between China and Germany from various perspectives, illuminating how the clash between Chinese tradition and Western modernity accompanied and often inspired the movement.

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Michael Jaeger, Freie Universität Berlin; Mingchao Mao, Peking Universität, Beijing, China; Benjamin Langer, Freie Universität Berlin.