An edition of iChina
(2010)
iChina
the rise of the individual in modern Chinese society
by Mette Halskov Hansen and Rune Svarverud
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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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iChina: the rise of the individual in modern Chinese society
2010, NIAS
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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