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State-Society Relations and Confucian Revivalism in Contemporary China

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Authors:
  1. Qin Pang

    1. Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

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  • Seeks to analyze the rise of neo-confucian values in China
  • Describes the rise of civil society in post-reform China
  • Explores how Confucian values play out in governmentality and business in contemporary China

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 1-54

  3. China’s Mutually Empowering State and Society Relations

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 55-94

  4. The Chinese State’s Decentralized Response Towards the Confucian Revival and Its Institutional Base

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 95-124

  5. The Confucian Revival Among Intellectuals and the State Responses

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 125-160

  6. Confucianism with Consent: The Revival of “Confucian Entrepreneur” and the Chinese State’s Responses

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 161-195

  7. Attenuation, Appropriation, and Adaptation: The Confucian Revival Among the Urban Middle Class and the Chinese State’s Responses

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 197-228

  8. Conclusions

    • Qin Pang
    Pages 229-245

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 247-287
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About this book

This book is a study of the causes of the Confucian revival and the party-state’s response in China today. It concentrates on the interactions between state and society, and the implications for the Chinese state’s control over society, or in other words, its survival over a rapidly modernizing society. The book explores the answers to questions such as: Why has Confucianism suddenly gathered great momentum in contemporary Chinese society? What is the role of the Chinese state in its rise? Is the state really the orchestrator of the Confucian revival as has been widely assumed? This book will be of interest to think-tank and policy researchers, sinologists, and those with an interest in Chinese society.


Reviews

“The book is an in-depth study, which provides new insights into the decentralization of Chinese political institutions. Pang makes a crucial contribution to the study of the diversified ideologies and beliefs generated in a modernizing context.” (Mei Yang, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 45 (3), September, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Qin Pang

About the author

Qin Pang is an associate Professor in Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PRC. Her works have been widely published in Journal of Contemporary Asia, China: An International Journal, World Economy and Politics, and Contemporary Asia-Pacific.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: State-Society Relations and Confucian Revivalism in Contemporary China

  • Authors: Qin Pang

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8312-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8311-2Published: 06 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4119-9Published: 21 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8312-9Published: 25 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Asian Politics, Religion and Society, Asian Business

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