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ontributions are increasingly relevant worldwide, this book contributes to ongoing critical reflections of Chinese modernity, particularly in terms of its intellectual legacies, but also to a renewed understanding of the cross-cultural interactions between China and America and a re-opening the dialogue and search for a new cultural understanding.
Lin Yutang and China's Intellectual Journey to Modernity.- Christian Childhood and Westernized Education.- "Thus Spoke Zarathustra:" A Progressive Nationalist for the Great Revolution.- From "Little Critic" to "Master of Humor".- Struggling Against the "Double Dangers of Bolshevism and Fascism".- "My China": The East Speaks to the West.- Coming to America: the Birth of a "Chinese Philosopher".- Culture and War: Interpreting Modern China.- Eastern Wisdom: Race, Empire and World Peace.- Loss of China and Wisdom of America.- "Looking Beyond" the Iron Curtain.- Grand Finale: "I Take My Leave and Depart".