The Science of Oriental Society: Karl August Wittfogel and the East Asian Intellectuals

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Yufei Zhou (Teikyo University, Japan)

The Science of Oriental Society

Karl August Wittfogel and the East Asian Intellectuals

Yufei Zhou (Teikyo University, Japan)

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English

Routledge
07 May 2025

Regional studies; Development studies; Asian history; Development economics; Economic history

Series: Asia, Europe, and Global Connections

This book provides a compelling exploration into the distinctive approaches East Asian scholars employ to articulate the peculiarities of Asia’s modernity. These narratives are deftly shaped through their interactions with German-American social scientist Karl August Wittfogel, offering rich insights into the intellectual exchanges that have influenced regional understandings of society.

The Science of Oriental Society: Karl August Wittfogel and the East Asian Intellectuals explores how Wittfogel’s controversial concept of “Oriental society” has influenced the assessments and interpretations of Asia’s economy and society by generations of East Asian social scientists throughout the twentieth century. The book examines the social thought of a broad spectrum of individuals engaged in the debate over Oriental society, including professional economists and sociologists in Japan and China, non-university radical activists of various convictions, and multinational research personnel who served under Japan’s colonial rule in Asia. It also details Wittfogel’s personal and intellectual interactions with his contemporary scholars from East Asia and discusses how these local intellectuals appropriated and recontextualized his theoretical framework to suit their differing political agendas.

This book will be of great value to students and researchers interested in the history of social sciences, the history of sinology, heterodox economic thought, Europe-Asian knowledge transfer, and broadly defined Area Studies.

By: Yufei Zhou (Teikyo University Japan)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781032317977
ISBN 10: 1032317973
Series: Asia, Europe, and Global Connections
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 07 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yufei Zhou is a specially appointed Associate Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken). She obtained her PhD in Human Sciences from Osaka University. Her research focuses on the history of social sciences in modern East Asia, examining their development and impact within a global context.