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List of contents
Introduction Part I: The Roots of Relationalism in Chinese History 1. Some Starting points 2. The "Universal Order" 3. The Traditional Chinese Family 4. Relationalism Meets Foreign Challenges 5. Relationalism Triumphs Part II: The Roots of Relationalism in Chinese Belief systems 6. Some Starting Points 7. Confucius: Relationalism in Human Society 8. Daoism: Relationalism in the Cosmos 9. Buddhism: Relationalism in Zen 10. Unification under Relationalism Part III: " Guanxi"-- The Sociological Roots of Relationalism 11. Some Starting Points 12. Qin qing (Kinship Emotions) 13. You qing (Friendship Emotions) 14. Ren qing (Generic Human Emotions) 15. Guanxi Opens Access to Resources 16. "Face" and Reciprocity 17. "The Cat-and-Mouse Game" Part IV: The Psychological Roots of Relationalism 18. Some Starting Points 19. Relational Human Nature 20. The Chinese "Heart" 21. Cognition and Emotion 22. Relational Thinking in the Chinese Language 23. Development of "Selfhood" Part V: Relationalism in the 21st Century 24. Some starting points 25. The CCP Factional Politics in the 21st Century 26. The CCP-State Relationships in the 21st Century 27. The CCP-Chinese Society Relationships in the 21st Century 28. A Judiciary System with "Chinese Characteristics"? 29. On the World Stage: China’s Relational Diplomacy in the 21st Century Epilogue: the Chinese Family in the 21st Century
About the author
Leah Zhu is a retired psychotherapist and academic at the University of Washington, USA. Her publications include A Comparative Study of Youth Mental Health Education in the United States and China (2015) and Cultivating the World of Self (1997).
Summary
This book explores thousands of years of China’s history to trace the pervasive power of ‘relationalism’ before and after Maoism, it examines the major aspects of Chinese culture, revealing the power of ‘relationalism’ as the core frame of reference behind contemporary Chinese beliefs and practices.
