Takeuchi Yoshimi (1910-1977) was an eminent scholar, literary and social critic, and sinologist. He was the translator of Lu Xun's works into Japanese. Richard Calichman is an assistant professor of Japanese Studies at the City College of New York, CUNY. He is the author of Takeuchi Yoshimi: Displacing the West.

Reading Takeuchi... sheds light on key issues in discussions of postmodernism, nationalism, and postcolonialism. Choice Highly recommended as a valuable text. -- Steven Heine Journal of Japanese Studies

• Introduction Ways of Introducing Culture-Focusing Upon Lu Xun What Is Modernity? The Question of Politics and Literature Hu Shi and Dewey Overcoming Modernity Asia as Method

Takeuchi Yoshimi (1910-1977) was an eminent scholar, literary and social critic, and sinologist. He was the translator of Lu Xun's works into Japanese. Richard Calichman is an assistant professor of Japanese Studies at the City College of New York, CUNY. He is the author of Takeuchi Yoshimi: Displacing the West.

Reading Takeuchi... sheds light on key issues in discussions of postmodernism, nationalism, and postcolonialism. Choice Highly recommended as a valuable text. -- Steven Heine Journal of Japanese Studies

• Introduction Ways of Introducing Culture-Focusing Upon Lu Xun What Is Modernity? The Question of Politics and Literature Hu Shi and Dewey Overcoming Modernity Asia as Method

Takeuchi Yoshimi (1910-1977) was an eminent scholar, literary and social critic, and sinologist. He was the translator of Lu Xun's works into Japanese. Richard Calichman is an assistant professor of Japanese Studies at the City College of New York, CUNY. He is the author of Takeuchi Yoshimi: Displacing the West.

Reading Takeuchi... sheds light on key issues in discussions of postmodernism, nationalism, and postcolonialism. Choice Highly recommended as a valuable text. -- Steven Heine Journal of Japanese Studies

• Introduction Ways of Introducing Culture-Focusing Upon Lu Xun What Is Modernity? The Question of Politics and Literature Hu Shi and Dewey Overcoming Modernity Asia as Method