Civilizing the Chinese, Competing with the West

Study Societies in Late Qing China

Chen Hon Fai (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2017
The Chinese University Press (Verlag)
978-962-996-634-8 (ISBN)

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Explores the development of late 19th century study societies in China against the context of the decline of the imperial Qing government and its control on ideological production, widespread social unrest, and intrusions by Western imperialist states. The author uncovers the history of civil society activism in China by examining the study societies in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hunan.

This book explores the development of late 19th century study societies in China against the context of the decline of the imperial Qing government and its control on ideological production, widespread social unrest, and intrusions by Western imperialist states. The author uncovers the history of civil society activism in China by examining the study societies in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hunan, which were organized around the goal of promoting and defending the Confucian religion. Illustrating a facet of the civil society that emerged in China as a reaction to the influences of Christianity, the modernization of Confucianism, and nationalist state formation, this study extends understanding of the unique and complex processes of Chinese political and cultural modernization in ways that differed from that of Western societies.

Chen Hon Fai is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.12.2021
Verlagsort	Hong Kong
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 233 mm
Gewicht	608 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	962-996-634-4 / 9629966344
ISBN-13	978-962-996-634-8 / 9789629966348
Zustand	Neuware