Social Ethics in a Changing China - Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening?

Informationen zum Autor By Huaihong He - Foreword by John L. Thornton - Introduction by Cheng Li Klappentext Over the past half-century, China has experienced some incredible human dramas, ranging from Red Guard fanaticism and the loss of education for an entire generation during the Cultural Revolution, to the Tiananmen tragedy, and the economic miracle. Moral Decay or Ethical Awakening? highlights the imperative for an ethical discourse in a country that is increasingly seen by many as both a materialistic giant and a spiritual dwarf. Zusammenfassung Provides a narrative and thought-provoking scholarly arguments! highlighting the imperative for an ethical discourse in a country that is increasingly seen by many as both a materialistic giant and a spiritual dwarf. * I: Reconstructing China's Social Ethics * II. Historical and Sociological Origins of Chinese Cultural Norms * III: The Transformation of Ethics and Morality in the PRC * IV: China's Ongoing Moral Decay? * V: Ethical Discourse in Reform Era China * VI: Chinese Ethical Dialogue with the West and the World

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• Authors: Huaihong He, Huaihong/ Thornton He, He Huaihong, He Huaihong, Huaihong He
• Assisted by: Cheng Li (Introduction), John L. Thornton (Foreword)
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780815725732
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-2573-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: The Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series; The Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series; Thornton Center Chinese Thinke
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social and cultural history, Ethics and moral philosophy