Science as Knowledge, Ideal and Practice in 20th Century China

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F14%3A10287428" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/14:10287428 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://cck-isc.ff.cuni.cz/cs/konference/science-as-knowledge--ideal-and-practice-in-20c-china--14-15-november-2014-84.html" target="_blank" >http://cck-isc.ff.cuni.cz/cs/konference/science-as-knowledge--ideal-and-practice-in-20c-china--14-15-november-2014-84.html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Science as Knowledge, Ideal and Practice in 20th Century China

Original language description

At the end of the 19th century, Chinese elites became aware that the "new knowledge" from the West was more than just a collection of useful technology. Very quickly the concept of science (kexue) was established as a conjunction of several overlapping meanings: the true worldview, embodied in Darwinism and mechanical cosmology; an espitemic ideal and defining feature of modern civilization, which was to be applied to all serious intellectual pursuits (xueshu) as well as to the organization of social life; and a social system and research practice, imported by the first generations of Chinese scientists from Japan, USA and Europe. The negotiation between these layers of "the scientific" was reflected everywhere from intellectual debates to politics. This important part of the history of early twentieth century China however still remains poorly understood. As part of our ongoing project Deconstruction and Construction of National Traditions and Science in China, we aim to bring togethe

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

W - Workshop organization

CEP classification

AB - History

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LK11218" target="_blank" >LK11218: Deconstruction and construction of national traditions and science in China</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Praha

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

14

Foreign attendee count

10

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce