You do know that all of the catalytic technologies of modernity (printing press, magnetic compass, gunpowder) came from China?
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... Also, China now has a space program (though sub Space-X). Classical music, definite Western edge. Appreciated more out East
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That might be the single most fascinating puzzle in history. No way to understand what capitalism is without grokking it.
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tinkering around that, I came to think they loved their parents too much.
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Too obsessed with the human figure for my taste. China has traditional abstraction. ...
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... The West only used abstraction to break things.
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The Dao (in all Chinese traditions) is vastly more important as a cognitive organizer than the Emperor.
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... Imperial legitimacy descends from the Mandate of Heaven. Power is not grounded anthropomorphically.
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Did Foucault actually know jack shit about China? I seriously doubt it. (And I generally rate the guy.)
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The Chinese literati were in an ambiguous relation to the imperial center. ...
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... Those in favor tended to be absorbed into administrative activity. ...
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