Obedient Autonomy: Chinese Intellectuals and the Achievement of Orderly Life

by Erika E. S. Evasdottir

In the West, the idea of autonomy is often associated with a sense of freedom--a self-interested state of being unfettered by rules or obligations to others. This original anthropological study... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828607
• ISBN13: 9780824828608
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"