The Power of Position：Beijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929 By Timothy Weston《權力源自地位：北京大學、知識分子與中國政治文化，1898～1929》

“Weston pushes far beyond such narrow confines in his very impressive study.”—T. S. Munson Choice

"An invaluable book that fills a yawning gap in our understanding of the political and intellectual life of early-twentieth-century China."—David Strand, author of Rickshaw Beijing



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The Power of Position
Beijing University, Intellectuals, and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929
Timothy Weston (Author)

Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals—from the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Why this should be—how Beida's historical importance has come to transcend that of a mere institution of higher learning--is a question at the heart of this book. A study of intellectuals and political culture during the past century's tumultuous early decades, The Power of Position is the first to focus on Beida, China's oldest and best-known national university.

Timothy B. Weston portrays the university as a key locus used by intellectuals to increase their influence in society. Weston analyzes the links between intellectuals' political and cultural commitments and their specific manner of living. He also compares Beijing's intellectual culture with that of the rising metropolis of Shanghai. What emerges is a remarkably nuanced and complex picture of life at China's leading university, especially in the decades leading up to the May Fourth Movement.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: Locating Beijing University in History
1. Schools, Politics, and Reform in the Nineteenth Century
2. The Imperial University and Late-Qing Beijing
3. Instability and Redefinition in the Wake of the 1911 Revolution
4. Between the Old Culture and the New
5. The Insistent Pull of Politics
6. Tensions within the May Fourth Movement
7. National University under Siege
Conclusion

Abbreviations Used in Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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《權力源自地位：北京大學、知識分子與中國政治文化，1898～1929》
作者 : （美）魏定熙 
出版社:江蘇人民出版社副標題:北京大學、知識分子與中國政治文化，1898～1929 原作名: The Power of Position: Beijing University, Intellectuals and Chinese Political Culture, 1898-1929 譯者 : 張蒙出版年: 2015-11-1 頁數: 304 定價: 45.00元裝幀:平裝叢書: 海外中國研究叢書





《權力源自地位：北京大學、知識分子與中國政治文化，1898～1929》是目前英文世界中一本以北京大學為研究對象的學術專著。不同以往的是，作者沒有單純從革命史和高等教育史的角度去解讀北大的早期歷史，而將北大看作是中國古代太學與德日現代大學的融合體。在近代中國的新舊辯證互動過程中，知識分子仍然在一定程度上固守自己的精英主義傳統，以北大為陣地教化天下。由此，無論是風起雲湧的學生運動，還是不由自主的教授參政，均在其現代的外殼之下，顯現出古代士人的精神風貌。中國近代歷史的連續性（而非通常所說的“斷裂”）在這裡也得到充分彰顯。

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作者簡介  · · · · · ·

Timothy B. Weston，中文名魏定熙，1995年博士畢業於美國加州大學伯克利分校，師承著名歷史學家魏斐德和葉文心教授。讀博期間曾到北京大學訪學一年，由蕭超然教授指導。

目錄  · · · · · ·

導論北京大學之歷史定位
第一章19世紀的學校、政治與改革
第二章京師大學堂與清末北京
第三章辛亥革命後的局勢不穩與重新界定
第四章新舊文化之間
第五章政治的不斷介入
第六章五四運動的內在張力
第七章被圍困的北大
結語
參考文獻
譯後記