Ideography and Chinese Language Theory
This book is a much-needed scholarly intervention and postcolonial corrective that examines why and when and how misunderstandings of Chinese writing came about and showcases the long history of Chinese theories of language. ''Ideography'' as such assumes extra-linguistic, trans-historical, universal ''ideas'' which are an outgrowth of Platonism and thus unique to European history. Classical Chin...
This book is a much-needed scholarly intervention and postcolonial corrective that examines why and when and how misunderstandings of Chinese writing came about and showcases the long history of Chinese theories of language. ''Ideography'' as such assumes extra-linguistic, trans-historical, universal ''ideas'' which are an outgrowth of Platonism and thus unique to European history. Classical Chin...
