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20 Nov 2025
11:00 to 12:00
Lecture

Despotism and monism in China

Anne Cheng
" Today's Chinese citizens can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom " (Liang Qichao, 1903)
20 Nov 2025
11:00 to 12:00
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    Thursday 20 November 2025
    Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all
    11:00 - 12:00
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    Anne Cheng

    Anne Cheng

    Professor at the Collège de France

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    Lecture
    20 Nov 2025
    11:00 to 12:00
    Anne Cheng

    Despotism and monism in China

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    4 Dec 2025
    11:00 to 12:00
    Anne Cheng

    Primacy of the people or the prince ?

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    11:00 to 12:00
    Anne Cheng

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    11:00 to 12:00
    Anne Cheng

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    Anne Cheng, chair Chinese Intellectual History
    " Today's Chinese citizens can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom " (Liang Qichao, 1903)

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