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China Promise or Threat? : A Comparison of Cultures

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

20.03.2018

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

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192

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1 cm

Gewicht

266 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-60846-839-3

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

20.03.2018

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

192

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1 cm

Gewicht

266 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-60846-839-3

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
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DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Foreword: A Fascination with China, by David Fasenfest
    Preface
    Introduction: The Goal of this Book

    1. Familism: A Threat to the Environment
    The “Public Sphere:” Rights without Obligations
    Two types of Personal Association
    Personalization of the Law

    2. Exchanges of Threats: The Opium Wars
    International Relations: Britain
    Russia, Japan, and Germany
    The Chinese Experience: Threat and Disappointment
    Why Did China not Defend herself?

    3. China and the US: A Balance of Power?
    Why follow Thucydides?
    Promises and Threats Based on Economic Interests
    Real and Imagined Military Threats

    4. Religions: Core Components of Cultures
    The Task at Hand: What is a Religion?
    Shared Origins of Contemporary Religions
    Governmental Interference with Religious Affairs

    5. Religious Vitality in Contemporary China
    Types of Atheism in Party Politics
    Ancestor Worship: The Religion of China

    6. Max Weber’s View of Religion in China

    7. Daoism: China’s Native Religion
    The Fundamentals of Daoism
    Nature and Life Everlasting in Daoism
    Daoism as seen by Confucians and Buddhists

    8. Oracle-Bones: The Mandate of Heaven
    How to Change – forward or backward?
    The Splendid Age of the Oracle Bones

    9. Confucius: Recapture the Lost Splendour
    The Heavenly Mandate Shared by Relatives
    Finding Options for the Future
    The Party or the Family as “Church” in China?

    10. The West: Individualism at its Limits
    The Western Family as Tragedy
    Cultural Evolution of Kinship in the West

    11. China: The Kinship Society
    Granet and the Analects: Evolution of Kinship in China
    Fei Xiaotong: Field Work on Types of Family Life
    Altruism and Selfishness: A precarious Balance

    12. China: A Threatening Promise to the West
    Summaries of the Chapters
    Concluding Queries about Threats and Promises

    Bibliography
    Index