Chinese Sociology

State-Building and the Institutionalization of Globally Circulated Knowledge

Hon Fai Chen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

149 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-84506-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines the institutional development of Chinese sociology from the 1890s to the present. It plots the discipline's twisting path in the Chinese context, from early Western influences; through the institutionalization of the discipline in the 1930s-40s; its problematic relationship with socialism and interruptions under Marxist orthodoxy and the Cultural Revolution; its revival during the 1980s-90s; to the twin trends of globalization and indigenization in current Chinese sociological scholarship. Chen argues that in spite of the state-building agenda and persistent efforts to indigenize the discipline, the Western model remains pervasively influential, due in large part to the influence of American missionaries, foundations and scholars in the formation and transformation of the Chinese sociological tradition. The history of Chinese sociology is shown to be a contingent process in which globally circulated knowledge, above all the American sociological tradition, has been adapted to the changing contexts of China. This engaging work contributes an important country study to the history of sociology and will appeal to scholars of Chinese history and disciplinary historiography, in addition to social scientists.

Hon Fai Chen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His research interests include social theory, historical sociology and China studies. He is the author of Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau (2017), and Civilizing the Chinese, Competing with the West: Study Societies in Late Qing China (2017).

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Achievement without Coherence: The Rise of Chinese Sociology.- Chapter 2: Dramatic Rebirth: The Suspension, Reestablishment and Institutionalization of Chinese Sociology.- Chapter 3: Paradigm Shift: Sociological Theory and the Studies of Social Transformation.- Chapter 4: Diversity within Limits: Post-Positivism, Gender Studies and the Sociology of Consumption.- Chapter 5: Friends, Not Enemies: The Globalization and Indigenization of Chinese Sociology.- Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Sociology Transformed
Zusatzinfo	IX, 149 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-349-84506-X / 134984506X
ISBN-13	978-1-349-84506-4 / 9781349845064
Zustand	Neuware