Buch, Englisch, Band 96, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 96, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-90-04-29820-0
Verlag: Brill
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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