![]() But there is more: the authors in this volume also share an interest in the hidden, the unsaid, the unknown-forgotten people and objects become main protagonists. Each of the contributions addresses these notions in their own particular manner, sometimes more, sometimes less explicitly. These are concepts and ideas quite central to Rudolf G. The contributions in the second volume (Transcultural Perspectives on Late Imperial China) are linked by a common interest in questions of transculturality, hybridity, contact zones and third spaces. While the first six contributions on the early China period focus on conceptual questions of text interpretation and reconstruction, the following five on medieval China all deal with religious topics whereas the last four contributions, covering the late imperial period, address issues of the entangled relationship between the self and the exterior. ![]() The first volume (Transcultural Perspectives on Pre-modern China) brings together a set of contributions relating to the pre-modern period which reveals thematic clusters that correspond to the three main periods of Chinese pre-modern history. The essays are also testimony to his ability to connect with scholars across the globe, across disciplines and generations. ![]() The expansive time frame from pre-modern to contemporary China in China and the World-the World and China reflect the breadth of his own scholarship. A wide range of topics is covered in this collection of four volumes of essays in honor of Rudolf G. ![]()
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