Download English Writings of Hu Shih: National Crisis and Public by Hu Shih,Chih-Ping Chou PDF

March 25, 2017 | Social Work

By Hu Shih,Chih-Ping Chou

Hu Shih (1891-1962), chinese language thinker, historian and diplomat. within the 1910s, Hu studied at Cornell college and later Columbia collage, either within the usa. At Columbia, he used to be vastly motivated by means of his professor, John Dewey, and have become a lifelong recommend of pragmatic evolutionary switch. He got his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1917 and again to lecture at Peking college. Hu quickly turned one of many major and such a lot influential intellectuals through the might Fourth flow and later the recent tradition stream. His most generally famous fulfillment in this interval used to be as a key contributor to chinese language liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for using written vernacular chinese language. Hu Shih used to be the Republic of China¡¯s Ambassador to the U.S. of the USA (1938¨C1942) and later Chancellor of Peking collage (1946¨C1948). In 1939 Hu Shih used to be nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature and in 1958 turned president of the ¡°Academia Sinica¡± in Taiwan, the place he remained till his dying in Nangang on the age of 71.

This assorted assortment brings jointly his English essays, speeches and educational papers, in addition to e-book studies, all written among 1919 and 1962. English Writings of Hu Shih represents his pondering and insights on such issues as clinical method, liberalism and democracy, and social difficulties. it could additionally function a useful source if you research Hu Shih and his perspectives on historical and sleek China.

Show description

Read Online or Download English Writings of Hu Shih: National Crisis and Public Diplomacy (Volume 3) (China Academic Library) PDF

Best social work books

Core Themes In Social Work: Power, Poverty, Politics And Values

This e-book will problem scholars and practitioners to find themselves within the enviornment of potent serious perform by means of exploring center issues that are relevant to how we predict approximately and perform the pro function of social worker.

Perspectives on College Sexual Assault: Perpetrator, Victim, and Bystander

This number of hugely acclaimed examine articles, released within the peer-reviewed magazine Violence and sufferers, disseminates state of the art information regarding sexual violence on campus. It addresses the talk surrounding statistics at the occurrence of school sexual attack and its tendency to head unreported, in addition to rivalry relating to collage guidelines and reaction (or lack thereof) via directors.

Paradoxes in Social Work Practice: Mitigating Ethical Trespass (Contemporary Social Work Studies)

Within the aiding professions, codes of ethics and decision-making versions were the first cars for choosing what constitutes moral perform. those recommendations are inadequate when you consider that they suppose that shared meanings exist and that the contradictory common rules of codes should be reconciled.

Skill Training for Social Workers: A Manual