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Bernhard Karlgren
Portrait of A Scholar
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2010
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This book deals with the life and career of Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), whose research in a great variety of fields, particularly the historical phonology of the Chinese language, laid the foundations for modern western sinology. The definition of the term 'sinology' has undergone great changes since Bernhard Karlgren entered the stage a century ago. At that time the term covered research related to the language, literature, history, thought, and intellectual aspects of early China. Since the mid-twentieth century the definition has been considerably broadened to include more modern aspects, with special emphasis on sociopolitical and economic topics. In many Chinese language departments in both China and the West, studies of early China have been put at a disadvantage. This book may serve as a reminder that the time may have come to redress the imbalance. The book begins by sketching the intellectual milieu that characterized Karlgren's school years and ends with a mention of his last publication, 'Moot words in some Chuang Tse chapters,' published in 1976. The intervening seventy years were filled with intense scholarly activities-including his disputatio for the PhD in Uppsala in 1915; his subsequent career as professor of East Asian languages at Gothenburg University, 1918-39; and his directorship of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, 1939-59. For many years he served as vice-chancellor of Gothenburg University and as president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History, and Antiquities. He also played a leading role in various endeavors to strengthen the standing of Swedish humanities.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-61146-000-1
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978-1-61146-001-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
334
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Preface No access
1. Childhood and Schooldays in Jönköping, 1889–1907 No access Pages 13 - 36
2. Liber Studiosus, 1907–1909 No access Pages 37 - 45
3. The Great Adventure, 1910–1911 No access Pages 46 - 69
4. The Irresolute Strategist, 1912–1914 No access Pages 70 - 86
5. The Diligent Correspondent No access Pages 87 - 100
6. The Scholarly Breakthrough No access Pages 101 - 115
7. The Gothenburg Years, 1918–1939 No access Pages 116 - 143
8. Proximitatem Linguae Longinquae Manifestam Fecit No access Pages 144 - 199
9. Stockholm, 1939–1959: The Legendary Master No access Pages 200 - 255
10. Bernhard Karlgren, Professor Emeritus, 1959–1978 No access Pages 256 - 270
A List of Works by Bernhard Karlgren inOther Languages than Swedish, Togetherwith Translations into Chinese and Japanese,and a List of His Distinctions and Awards No access Pages 271 - 280
