Introduction In 1932, William James Durant, an American historian, in his famous book The Story of Civilization said: No victory of arms, or tyranny of alien finance, can long suppress a nation so rich in resources and vitality. The invader will lose funds or patience before the loins of China will lose virility; within a century China will have absorbed and civilized her conquerors, and will have learned all the technique of what transiently bears the name of modern industry; roads and communications
the style, another for the content? Though in this particular example even the ideological author function – that of the unity of style, the neutralization of contradictions, etc itself is in peril due to its tearing apart among historical