ISBN:
9789004330603
,
9004330607
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences ; volume 96
DDC:
306.0951
Keywords:
Cultural policy
;
Diplomatic relations
;
Manners and customs
;
Religion
;
Social conditions
;
Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kulturpolitik
;
Familienbeziehung
;
Religion
;
China Social conditions
;
China Cultural policy
;
History
;
China Social life and customs
;
China Religion
;
China Foreign relations
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In China: Promise or Threat? Helle compares the cultures of China and the West through both private and public spheres. For China, the private sphere of family life is well developed while behaviour in public relating to matters of government and the law is less reliable. In contrast, the West operates in reverse. The book's twelve chapters investigate the causes and effects of threats to the environment, military confrontations, religious differences, fundamentals of cultural history, and the countries' orientations for finding solutions to societal problems, all informed by the Confucian impulse to recapture the lost splendour of a past versus faith in progress toward a blessed future. The West has promoted individualism while China is locked in its kinship society.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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