An edition of iChina (2010)

iChina

the rise of the individual in modern Chinese society

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An edition of iChina (2010)

iChina

the rise of the individual in modern Chinese society

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There is a growing individualization of China with changing perceptions of the individual and rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. How this process evolves in a country lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization is a question this volume explores.

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NIAS
Language
English
Pages
275

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Table of Contents

Foreword:
Varieties of individualization -- Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- Introduction:
Conflicting images of the individual and contested process of individualization -- Yunxiang Yan
Idealizing individual choice: work, love and family in the eyes of young, rural Chinese -- Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang
He is he and I am I: individual and collective among China's elderly -- Sig Thoegersen and Ni Anru
Individualization and the political agency of private business people in China -- Joergen Delman and Yin Ziaoqing
A collective of their own: young volunteers at the fringes of the party realm -- Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen
Between self and community: the individual in contemporary Chinese literature -- Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg
Individual self-discipline and collective freedom in the minds of Chinese intellectuals -- Rune Svarverud
'Friendly pressure': law and the individual in modern China -- Klaus Muhlhahn
Collective symbols and individual options: life on a state farm for returned overseas Chinese after decollectivization -- Li Minghuan.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Copenhagen
Series
NIAS studies in Asian topics -- no. 45, NIAS studies in Asian topics -- no. 45.
Other Titles
Rise of the individual in modern Chinese society, I China

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.50951
Library of Congress
HN733.5 .I25 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 275 p. ;
Number of pages
275

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25143119M
ISBN 10
8776940527, 8776940535
ISBN 13
9788776940522, 9788776940539
LCCN
2011418047
OCLC/WorldCat
463642874

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