Confucianism and the Chinese Self: Re-Examining Max Weber's China

By Jack Barbalet

Book Overview

Re-assesses Max Weber's celebrated sociology of China in the wake of political and economic upheavals and transformations in the regionDebates the role of the individual in Confucian thought and practice and the subordination, in China, of the individual to the interests of the political community
Provides new insights into Weber's Religion of China in East Asia today, against the background of the rise of modern capitalism

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811062889
• ISBN13: 9789811062889
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"