Chinese National Character: From Nationhood to Individuality

Lung-kee Sun was born in China but grew up in Hong Kong. He spent his college years in Taiwan and went on to advanced studies in the United States, first getting a masters degree in Russian history from the University of Minnesota and then his Ph.D. in East Asian history from Stanford University. Dr. Sun has taught at the University of Kansas, Washington University (St. Louis), the University of Alberta, and the University of Memphis. Among his numerous publications, the most influential one was The “Deep Structure” of Chinese Culture, excerpts of which have been translated into English; a complete German translation, Des Ummauerte Ich: Die Tiefenstruktur der chinesischen Mentalitat, was published in 1994.

• Chapter 1 The Birth of a “Nation”; Chapter 2 National Psychology; Chapter 3 Orientalness and Degeneration; Chapter 4 Superman and Underman; Chapter 5 North and South; Chapter 6 “The Rock from a Distant Hill”; Chapter 101 Epilogue: Toward a Postnational Age?;