Norms and the State in China (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 28)

Norms and the State in China (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 28)

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Book Description
The central theme of this volume is the Chinese concept of chiao-hua, "Transformation by Instruction": the ancient idea that moral guidance in all spheres of life is one of the most essential tasks of leadership at all levels, from the central government down to local elites. Within this general perspective nineteen scholars of various disciplinary backgrounds have treated topics ranging from the regulation of conspicuous consumption in Ming times to ritualization of protest in recent times. In many cases a surprising degree of cultural continuity can be observed; on the other hand, due attention has also been paid to clashes between traditional Chinese (notably Confucian) norms and the demands of modernization in contemporary Chinese society. OUDE TEXT Normativity plays a central role in Chinese thought, especially in Confucian doctrine. This volume deals with the interaction of norms and the state in China, both modern and pre-modern. It comprises papers by twenty international authorities on the subject in a wide variety of fields: literature, language, history, politics, religion, philosophy and sociology.

Norms and the State in China (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 28),Chun-Chieh Huang,Huang Chun-Chieh,Erik Zurcher,Brill Academic Publishers,9004096655,1949-,Architecture,Asia - China,China,Civilization,Congresses,General,History: World,Interior Design - General,Political History,Politics and government

Book Contents:

1. Olbia: Eine Altgriechische Stadt Im Nordwestlichen Schwarzmeerraum (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
2. Paratext and Megatext As Channels of Jewish and Christian Traditions: The Textual Markers of Contextualization (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)
3. Paris Rooms: Portfolios of 40 Interior Designers
4. Peaks of Faith: Protestant Mission in Revolutionary China (Studies in Christian Mission)
5. Philippi: Stadt Und Christengemeinde Zur Zeit Des Paulus (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)
6. Philo of Alexandria: An Exegete for His Time (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)
7. Philosophy and Learning: Universities in the Middle Ages (Education and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Vol 6)
8. Politics and Persuasion in Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
9. Pontus and the Outside World: Studies in Black Sea History, Historiography, and Archaeology (Colloquia Pontica)
10. Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric (Writings from the Greco-Roman World, V. 10)

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