花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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Mao Zedong Versus Santa Claus

Today is the day after Christmas and the spirit still hangs in the air (especially if you’re like me and your Christmas is a five-day multi-state slog between family homesteads.)  It is also the birthday of Mao Zedong (born 1893).  With that in mind, who really rules the season?* I say we sort this out once [...]

December 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Chinese History | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Samuel Huntington and the Crassness of Culture

Samuel Huntington, a legend in academia, passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 81.  Like them or loathe them, his ideas were highly influential among scholars, policy makers, and the reading public.  His 1996 book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order theorized that the world was divided into cultural ‘zones’ [...]

December 29th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Chinese History | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)