Lin Yu-sheng

Lin in November 2008

Lin Yu-sheng (Chinese: 林毓生; 7 August 1934 – 22 November 2022) was a Taiwanese philosopher and historian.

Lin was born in Shenyang. At the age of seven, he moved to Beijing, and aged 14, settled in Taiwan. In 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from National Taiwan University. He emigrated to the United States in 1960, obtained a doctorate in social thought at the University of Chicago in 1970, and joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty that year, after a period of postdoctoral research at Harvard University. Lin retired from UW–Madison in 2004.[1][2] Among Lin's influences were Yin Haiguang, Friedrich Hayek, and Edward Shils.[3][4][5]

Lin was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 1994.[2] He died in Denver, Colorado on 22 November 2022 of dementia, aged 88.[6][7]

Selected books[edit]

  • Lin, Yu-sheng (1979). Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299074104.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 林, 宸誼 (23 November 2022). "著名思想史家、中研院院士林毓生去世 享壽88歲". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Yu-sheng Lin". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ^ Chen, Longgen (21 December 2009). "Professor Lin Yu-sheng delivers lecture on academic freedom at CityU". City University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ "公民社會先驅 中研院士林毓生辭世 享壽88歲". World Journal (in Chinese). 24 November 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ^ 楊, 淑閔 (23 November 2022). "中研院士、思想史家林毓生辭世 享壽88歲" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Yu-Sheng Lin August 7, 1934 — November 22, 2022". Horan and McConaty Funeral Service and Cremation. November 2022.
  7. ^ "Academician Yu-sheng Lin Has Passed Away". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  8. ^ Reviews of Crisis of Chinese Consciousness include:
    • Alitto, Guy S. (November 1979). "The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. By Lin Yü-sheng. Foreword by Benjamin I. Schwartz. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979, xiv, 201 pp. Bibliography, Character List, Index. $20.00". The Journal of Asian Studies. 39 (1): 140–142. doi:10.2307/2053519. ResearchGate:273829949
    • Chang, David W. (March 1980). "Book Reviews : The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Anti-Traditionalism in the May Fourth Era. By LIN YU-SHENG. (Madison:The University of Wisconsin Press, 1979. Pp. xiv, 201. $20.00.)". Political Research Quarterly. 33 (1). doi:10.1177/1065912980033001.
    • Moody, Peter R. (April 1980). "Chinese Radicals - Lin Yü-sheng: The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Pp. 201. $20.00.)". The Review of Politics. 42 (2): 256–258. doi:10.1017/S0034670500031491.
    • Gasster, Michael (December 1979). "LIN YÜ-SHENG. The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness: Radical Antitraditionalism in the May Fourth Era. Foreword by BENJAMIN I. SCHWARTZ. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1979. Pp. xiv, 201. $20.00". The American Historical Review. 84 (5): 1453. doi:10.1086/ahr/84.5.1453.
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