Debating Culture in Interwar China

The May Fourth era (1915-1927) is considered a pivotal point in the history of modern China and the period is usually portrayed as a "Chinese Enlightenment". Kuo challenges the revolution-centered narrative by showing how the propositions of New Culture were questioned and revised after the initial radical phase.

Ya-Pei Kuo is Assistant Professor in the department of history at Tufts University and currently a visiting research fellow at Leiden University.