"New Modern State":A Programmatic Concept in the Construction of Chinese Political Science Theory——Reflections on Reading Zhou Guanghui and Peng Bin's"The Renewal of Their Destiny"
"The New Modern State"is an important concept proposed by Professor Zhou Guanghui in recent years.The book"Its Lifestyle Renewal:China's Path and Experience in Building a New Modern State",in collaboration with Professor Peng Bin,provides a detailed and systematic analysis of this concept.The proposal of the concept of a"new modern state"is an important contribution of Chinese political scholars to engage in independent knowledge production,providing a programmatic dome for sustained theoretical innovation in the future,which is worthy of in-depth discus-sion.Explaining why a"new modern state"is"new"from different dimensions such as the changes of ancient and modern times,the selection of paths,and the comparison between China and the West,etc.,not only with important theoretical and practical value,but also with multiple implications for the research and development of Chinese political science.
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