Lin Yu-sheng

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

Lin in November 2008

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

References
  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. "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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