Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890-1907

Chang, Hao

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“…Inside the relational individual, there is the divided self, which contains a small self, centered on personal desires and interests, and a great self, bearing the interests of a collectivity—be it the family, kin group, or the nation‐state. When the two are in conflict, the small self must submit to the great self (Chang ; Liang ; Yan :48–52). Therefore, although the redefinition of filial piety eliminated the previous expectation of obedience and submission by the junior generation to the senior generation, the newly emergent intimacy did not equalize the nature of intergenerational relationships.…”

Section: Implications Beyond the Xiajia Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Intergenerational Intimacy and Descending Familism in Rural North China

Yan

2016

American Anthropologist

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Based on evidence drawn from longitudinal fieldwork over three decades, in this study I unpack the complex connections among the development of intergenerational intimacy, the redefinition of filial piety, and the rise of descending familism in a north China village. In the first section, I discuss the structural and functional solidarity in intergenerational relationships by examining changing patterns in household composition. Next I show that villagers have redefined the norms of filial piety by relinquishing unconditional obedience and submission from the junior to the senior generations, thus paving the way to intergenerational intimacy. In the third section, I take a closer look at the practices of intergenerational intimacy, the special role played by married women, and the blurring of the boundaries between intimacy and privacy. Next I offer a brief account of macrolevel social factors that render intergenerational intimacy important in family life and result in the rise of descending familism. I conclude by placing the case study in a comparative context and exploring the implications of intergenerational intimacy and descending familism beyond the village community. [intimacy, intergenerational relations, filial piety, descending familism, individualization, China]RESUMEN Basado en evidencia extraída del trabajo de campo longitudinal a lo largo de tres décadas, en este estudio examino de cerca las conexiones complejas entre el desarrollo de la intimidad intergeneracional, la redefinición de la piedad filial, y el desarrollo del familismo en una comunidad del norte de China. En la primera sección, discuto la solidaridad estructural y funcional en las relaciones intergeneracionales examinando los patrones cambiantes en la composición del hogar. Luego muestro que los habitantes han redefinido las normas de piedad filial renunciando a la obediencia incondicional y la sumisión de la generación menor a la generación mayor, allanando así el camino para la intimidad intergeneracional. En esta tercera sección, tomo una mirada más cercana a las prácticas de intimidad intergeneracional, el rol especial jugado por las mujeres casadas y la difuminación de los limites entre intimidad y privacidad. Después, ofrezco una breve explicación de los factores sociales a nivel macro que hacen la intimidad intergeneracional importante en la vida familiar y resultan en la emergencia del familismo descendente. Concluyo colocando el estudio de caso en un contexto comparativo y explorando las implicaciones de la intimidad intergeneracional y el familismo descendente más allá de la comunidad del pueblo. [intimidad, relaciones intergeneracionales, piedad filial, familismo descendente, individualización, China]

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Section: Implications Beyond the Xiajia Casementioning

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Intergenerational Intimacy and Descending Familism in Rural North China

Yan

2016

American Anthropologist

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“…The most well known example is the call made in the 1910s by Liang Qichao, an enlightenment leader in modern China, to create a new individual in order to create a new China. Liang argued that the individual has a dual-self, the small self centered on personal interest and the great self based on the interest of the nation; the small self should always be secondary and submissive to the great self (Chang 1971). Liang's ideas of the divided self and the inner hierarchy between small and great self were widely accepted by the Chinese elite from different political camps including the Communists, and were further developed in the name of Maoism after 1949.…”

Section: Partial Individualization Under Maoist Socialismmentioning

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The Chinese path to individualization

Yan

2010

British Journal of Sociology

441

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This article explores the rise of the individual and the consequential individualization of society which should be viewed as a reflexive part of China's state-sponsored quest for modernity. It traces the origin of the individualization process to the Maoist era, arguing that some collectivist programmes of social engineering and the socialist path of modernization under Maoism ironically resulted in a partial individualization of Chinese society. Examining profound social changes during the three decades of the post-Mao reforms, the article reveals a number of similarities with the individualization process in Western Europe but also demonstrates some important differences. In the last section, the theoretical implications of the Chinese case in light of Ulrich Beck's theory of individualization and second modernity are discussed.

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“…Xiao Yang calls Liang Qichao (1873-1929 the most widely read public intellectual in China during the transitional period from the late Qing dynasty to the early Republican era (Xiao, 2002). Some helpful studies of Liang's thought in English include Chang (1971) and Levenson (1970). The beginning of his philosophical career can be traced to his studies with Kang Youwei (1858-1927), and he was only twenty-two years old when he and Kang organized the scholars' protest in Beijing in 1895.…”

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Chinese and Western philosophy in dialogue

Littlejohn

2019

Educational Philosophy and Theory

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We are pleased to provide two explorations on the topic of dialogue in Chinese philosophy. In this paper, we consider the educational and theoretical dialogues in China resulting from the encounter between Chinese and Western philosophy down to the present. We consider how this conversation began and how it has evolved into what has become a robust discipline of scholarship and teaching known as Comparative Philosophy in both China and the West. In the next paper, we will focus specifically on dialogues in the historical stream of Chinese philosophy as these occurred within education in China itself, including the nature of some of the most influential discussions and institutions in which these occurred.

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Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890-1907

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Intergenerational Intimacy and Descending Familism in Rural North China

Intergenerational Intimacy and Descending Familism in Rural North China

The Chinese path to individualization

Chinese and Western philosophy in dialogue

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