Articles by Chih-yu Shih

October 15, 2021

🦋 How do we translate the meaning of democracy across cultural divides?

Chih-yu Shih

Chih-yu Shih argues that we can meet Jean-Paul Gagnon’s democracy challenge across linguistic and cultural divides. He explores how 'critical translation' (aimed at 'relational' and not 'total texture') can yield results for those pursuing democratic commonality

Chih-yu Shih

Professor, National Taiwan University

Chih-yu teaches international relations theory, anthropology of knowledge and China studies.

He is the co-editor of Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Binaries, Strategizing Self, published in 2020 by World Scientific.

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