Mainlandization of Border Areas and the Holism of History:A Study of Jiang YingLiang's Ethnological Thought and Practice of Frontier Politics
Since modern times,China has faced a great challenge of transforming from traditional political structure into a modern state,one of the key issues is how to achieve multi-ethnic integration under the requirements of modern politics.Jiang YingLiang's investigation of the mainlandization of border areas and its historical dynamics is committed to explore a modern project that could erase the frontier particularity and the crisis of ethnic separatism.Through the debate with nationalism,Jiang YingLiang turned to the holistic theory of Chinese historical development in order to mitigate the tension between the traditional political structure and the requirements of modernity,and also to provide a solid historical basis for the construction of a modern multi-ethnic state.Jiang's study remains valuable for the thinking of ethnic issues of frontiers at present.
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