ISBN:
9780520077959
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (171 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version From the Soil : The Foundations of Chinese Society
DDC:
306/.0951
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contrasting organizational principles of Chinese and Western societies, thereby conveying the essential features of both. Fei shows how these unique features reflect and are reflected in the moral and ethical characters of people in these societies. This profound, challenging book is both succinct and ac
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Fei Xiaotong and the Beginnings of a Chinese Sociology; 1. Special Characteristics of Rural Society; 2. Bringing Literacy to the Countryside; 3. More Thoughts on Bringing Literacy to the Countryside; 4. Chaxugeju: The Differential Mode of Association; 5. The Morality of Personal Relationships; 6. Patrilineages; 7. "Between Men and Women, There Are Only Differences"; 8. A Rule of Ritual; 9. A Society without Litigation; 10. An Inactive Government; 11. Rule by Elders; 12. Consanguinity and Regionalism; 13. Separating Names from Reality
Description / Table of Contents:
14. From Desire to NecessityEpilogue: Sociology and the Reconstructionof Rural China; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; X; Y; Z;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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