Intellectual Narratives

Alex Ching-shing Chan (b. 1966) has been teaching consumption culture and general issues of Hong Kong society in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Baptist University and City University of Hong Kong. His academic interest focuses upon qualitative research of creative personals, especially design and its contributions to industries. He is now doing research on the crossborder creative industries and entrepreneurship between China and Hong Kong.

Contents: Intellectual Narratives as Historical Inquires and Life Reflections - A Genealogy of Social Theory on Intellectuals - The Narrativist Turn and the Historical Construction of Intellectual Self - Analysing and Defending Intellectual Narratives - Readings and Struggles: Hermeneutics of Suspicion in the Social Context of Intellectual Life - Emplotment, or Reflection on History, and Intellectual Self - Plots or Distinctive Personal Characters Acting for the Social Margins - Public Writings of Local Intellectuals - The Narrative Completion.