{"product_id":"china-promise-or-threat-a-comparison-of-cultures-9789004298200","title":"China: Promise or Threat?: A Comparison of Cultures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn China: Promise or Threat? Helle compares the cultures of China and the West through both private and public spheres. For China, the private sphere of family life is well developed while behaviour in public relating to matters of government and the law is less reliable. In contrast, the West operates in reverse. The book’s twelve chapters investigate the causes and effects of threats to the environment, military confrontations, religious differences, fundamentals of cultural history, and the countries’ orientations for finding solutions to societal problems, all informed by the Confucian impulse to recapture the lost splendour of a past versus faith in progress toward a blessed future. The West has promoted individualism while China is locked in its kinship society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: A Fascination with China, by David Fasenfest Preface Introduction: The Goal of this Book  1. Familism: A Threat to the Environment           The “Public Sphere:” Rights without Obligations           Two types of Personal Association           Personalization of the Law  2. Exchanges of Threats: The Opium Wars           International Relations: Britain           Russia, Japan, and Germany           The Chinese Experience: Threat and Disappointment           Why Did China not Defend herself?  3. China and the US: A Balance of Power?           Why follow Thucydides?           Promises and Threats Based on Economic Interests           Real and Imagined Military Threats  4. Religions: Core Components of Cultures           The Task at Hand: What is a Religion?           Shared Origins of Contemporary Religions           Governmental Interference with Religious Affairs  5. Religious Vitality in Contemporary China           Types of Atheism in Party Politics           Ancestor Worship: The Religion of China  6. Max Weber’s View of Religion in China  7. Daoism: China’s Native Religion           The Fundamentals of Daoism           Nature and Life Everlasting in Daoism           Daoism as seen by Confucians and Buddhists  8. Oracle-Bones: The Mandate of Heaven           How to Change – forward or backward?           The Splendid Age of the Oracle Bones  9. Confucius: Recapture the Lost Splendour           The Heavenly Mandate Shared by Relatives           Finding Options for the Future            The Party or the Family as “Church” in China?  10. The West: Individualism at its Limits            The Western Family as Tragedy           Cultural Evolution of Kinship in the West  11. China: The Kinship Society            Granet and the Analects: Evolution of Kinship in China           Fei Xiaotong: Field Work on Types of Family Life            Altruism and Selfishness: A precarious Balance  12.  China: A Threatening Promise to the West           Summaries of the Chapters           Concluding Queries about Threats and Promises  Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210672660823,"sku":"9789004298200","price":114.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/china-promise-or-threat-a-comparison-of-cultures-9789004298200","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}