Thinking through China

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In this innovative book Jerusha McCormack and John G. Blair introduce China on its own terms. By explaining ten key concepts that frame the way most Chinese people think about the world, they compare these terms - which don't translate readily into English - with the ways most of us, as Westerners, think. The book then poses four questions that Westerners routinely ask about China. But rather than answer with Western assumptions, the authors respond using these ten Chinese key words. Not surpri…

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

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Publication Date:2015.

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Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
Place of Publication:Lanham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description:xxvii, 299 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

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ISBN:9781442247918, 1442247916, 9781442247925, 1442247924
oclc:ocn907161349
LC Classification:DS721
Dewey Decimal:951

Part I: What Makes China Chinese? Ten Key Words -- Chapter 1: Binding Families: Xiào -- Chapter 2: Selves Located Through Others: Miànzi -- Chapter 3: The People Network: Guānxi -- Chapter 4: Where's My Mind? Xīn -- Chapter 5: The Energy Unifying the World: Qì -- Chapter 6: Chameleon Reality: Yì -- Chapter 7: Realizing a Way: Dào -- Chapter 8: Thinking in Harmony: Hé -- Chapter 9: The Lurking Threat of Chaos: Luàn -- Chapter 10: Strategizing Life: Cèlüè --Part II: Western Questions, Chinese Responses -- Chapter 11: Question One: Christianity? -- Chapter 12: Question Two: Human Rights? -- Chapter 13: Question Three: Democracy? -- Chapter 14: Question Four: China Ruling the World? --Part III: Rethinking the West.

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