...Hang Tu Abstract This article offers a reconstruction of the intellectual dialogue between Kantian aesthetician Li Zehou 李澤厚 (1930–) and humanist literary critic Liu Zaifu 劉再復 (1941–). By comparing Li's ruminations on “cultures of pleasure” ( legan wenhua 樂感文化) and Liu's treatises on “literatures...

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... and humanist environment, at the core of which is the ‘cultural mentality’ of the reformers.” As such, Liu was pushing himself toward an unpredictable future. In 1986, Li Zehou 李澤厚 (1930–), the leading philosopher of the New Era, published “The Symbiotic Variations of ‘Enlightenment’ and ‘Saving the Nation...

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... intellectual history of China. My book with Li Zehou 李澤厚 (1930–), Gaobie geming 告別革命 (Farewell to Revolution), is a continuation of the thought of Kang Youwei 康有為 (1858–1927), Liang Qichao 梁啟超 (1873–1929), and Hu Shi. The New Literature movement happened synchronously with the New Culture movement...