Self-Development Ethics and Politics in China Today A Keyword Approach

This volume takes readers on a journey into a central aspect of life in China, so-called "self-development." Whether prompted by the cultural values of educational success, capitalist competition for wealth, or the Chinese Communist Party's prescriptions for "good" citizensh...

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Hlavní autor: Hizi, Gil
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford Amsterdam University Press 2024
Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group
Vydání:1
Edice:China : From Revolution to Reform
Témata:
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Self-culture
Social psychology
Personal Growth
Psychology: emotions
Social and cultural anthropology
Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude
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Contemporary China, self-development, self-help, Chinese economy, education
SELF-HELP
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PSYCHOLOGY
Sociology and Social History
Social interaction
China
General
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Popular Culture
East Asia and North East Asia
Social Psychology
Asian Studies
ISBN:9463723994, 9789463723992, 9781041185918, 104118591X, 9789048557493, 9048557496
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  • Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Editor Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Developmentalist Thinking -- Chapter 1: Luohou (Lagging Behind) and the Impetus of Self-improvement -- Chapter 2: Fendou (Struggle), Self-help and Chinese Modernity -- Chapter 3: Optimizing Individual Desires : Mengxiang (Dreams) and Entrepreneurship in Chinese Universities -- Part II: Transformative Frameworks -- Chapter 4: Qingxu Shifang (Emotional Release) in Psychotherapeutic Learning -- Chapter 5: "You've Got to Have Core Muscles" : Duanlian (Exercise) and the Disciplining of the Body and Self among White-collar Women -- Chapter 6: Jiaohua (Education for Transformation) and Self-refashioning in Chinese Individuals' Confucian Learning -- Part III: Empowering Ingredients -- Chapter 7: To Have Nengli (Ability) When Lacking Xueli (Educational Qualifications): Striving for Success through Craftiness in Rural China -- Chapter 8: The Desire to Help: Aixin (Loving Heart) and Self-development in China -- Chapter 9: Learning to Xinshang (Appreciate): Young Adults' Pursuit of Non-standardized Sensibilities -- Chapter 10: Between Fatalism and Voluntarism: The Concept of Yuanfen (Fated Chance) and Its Role for Young Adults' Psychosocial Adjustment in Contemporary China -- Part IV: Disillusionment -- Chapter 11: The Inescapability of Neijuan (Involution) -- Chapter 12: Tangping (Lying Flat) among Young Adults : Shameful, Courageous or Just Fleeting Resistance? -- Epilogue: The Politics of Arrested Self-development -- Index