Critique of Eurocentrism: The Sinological Position of S. M. Georgievsky

The article examines the scholarly position of the Russian sinologist S. M. Georgievsky, who in the second half of the 19th century opposed the prevailing Eurocentrism in sinology. In his works and polemics with contemporaries, he refuted the stereotype of China’s “stagnation,” highly valued Confucianism as a source of spiritual and social development and positively assessed the modernization reforms of the late Qing era. S. M. Georgievsky emphasized the independence and progressive potential of Chinese civilization, foreseeing its growing role in world history. His research remains significant today, contributing to a rethinking of the civilizational dialogue between East and West.

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