The Silencing of Jesuit Figurist Joseph de Prémare in Eighteenth-Century China |
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| Author:
| Mungello, D. E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4985-9566-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2023 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $67.99 |
Book Description:
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This analysis of Joseph de Prémare's long unpublished interpretations of ancient Chinese texts, which were suppressed as dangerous and implausible by both his religious superiors and European intellectuals, establishes Prémare as one of the most knowledgeable Sinologists who ever lived.
This analysis of Joseph de Prémare's long unpublished interpretations of ancient Chinese texts, which were suppressed as dangerous and implausible by both his religious superiors and European intellectuals, establishes Prémare as one of the most knowledgeable Sinologists who ever lived.