Thinking through China

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"This innovative book introduces China on its own terms by explaining ten key concepts that frame the way most Chinese people think about the world. Posing four questions that Westerners routinely ask abut China, the authors respond using these ten Chinese key words. Not surprisingly, the answers differ in startling ways from standard Western responses. Creating a cultural cartography through both text and image, the authors provide readers with a vivid sense of what is uniquely Chinese about C…

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Title Statements

Full title :Thinking through China / Jerusha McCormack and John G. Blair.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
Place of Publication:Lanham
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

Notes

Part III. Rethinking the West.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 299 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1442247924, 9781442247925, 9781442247918, 1442247916
oclc:ocn964475926
LC Classification:DS721 M44 2016
Dewey Decimal:951

Part I. What Makes China Chinese? Ten Key Words. Binding Families: Xiào -- Selves Located Through Others: Miànzi -- The People Network: Guānxi -- Where's My Mind? Xīn -- The Energy Unifying the World: Qì -- Chameleon Reality: Yì -- Realizing a Way: Dào -- Thinking in Harmony: Hé -- The Lurking Threat of Chaos: Luàn -- Strategizing Life: Cèlüè.

Part II. Western Questions, Chinese Responses. Question One: Christianity? -- Question Two: Human Rights? -- Question Three: Democracy? -- Question Four: China Ruling the World?

Subjects

China China -- Civilization China -- History China -- Intellectual life Chine -- Civilisation Chine -- Histoire Chine -- Vie intellectuelle Civilization History Intellectual life Selbstverständnis Weltbild