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Informationen zum Autor Xing Yu is a political scientist who taught at two universities in China in the 1980s and 1990s. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute in Chongqing, China in 1982, and a master of law degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1985. He now works as a freelance writer and translator in British Columbia, Canada. Klappentext This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship, while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. Language presets the whole process of the progress of human civilization. Zusammenfassung This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship! while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. Language presets the whole process of the progress of human civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis ProloguePart One: Language and State FormationIntroductionChapter One: PeopleChapter Two: CommunityChapter Three: Nation Chapter Four: StatePart Two: Language and State GovernanceIntroductionChapter Five: AppellationChapter Six: Constitution Chapter Seven: Election Chapter Eight: Representation Chapter Nine: Government Part Three: Language and State Spirit IntroductionChapter Ten: History Chapter Eleven: Philosophy Chapter Twelve: Literature and Art Chapter Thirteen: Religion Chapter Fourteen: Law ConclusionEpilogueBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndexAbout the Author