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Chinese Society and Politics by Ambrose Y. C. King (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherChinese University of Hong KONG, T.H.E.

ISBN-109882370152

ISBN-139789882370159

eBay Product ID (ePID)242537147

Product Key Features

Number of Pages210 Pages

Publication NameChinese Society and Politics

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectSociology / General, Confucianism, Asia / China, World / Asian

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Political Science, Social Science, History

AuthorAmbrose Y. C. King

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight24.5 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2019-385611

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal951

SynopsisAny consideration of China's cultural modernity must begin with a rethinking of traditional Chinese civilization in its orientation and the problems that it has to face in the modern age. This book examines how Confucian traditions have shaped modernity in East Asia. A leading sociologist, Ambrose Y. C. King discusses how China and East Asia developed a model of modern civilization distinct from the Western model of modernization which involves not only a process of deconstructing the cultural tradition but also a process of reconstructing it. He shows how the experience of modernization diverges within different Chinese societies, namely Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan. By highlighting the impact of Confucianism on the direction of modernity in Chinese societies, he argues that Confucianism contains the seeds of modernization and transformation and that in the right institutional settings these seeds could bear fruit to influence positively the course of development. The chapters of the book also explore Confucian networks and the development of capitalist economies, democratic governance, and moral education. The author focuses his analyses on how Confucian ideas and values underpinning the foundation of East Asian societies including social civility, political governance, the role of the family, individual self-cultivation, and moral regulation, matter to the modern social and political transformations of Chinese societies today.

LC Classification NumberDS779.23.J5 2018