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Livre 10 sur 19: Chinese Worlds

Yao, Souchou

 
9780700715831: Confucian Capitalism
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ISBN 10 : 0700715835 ISBN 13 : 9780700715831
Editeur : Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

The discourse of Confucian Capitalism has been crucial in shaping our understanding of the brilliant economic successes of the Chinese diaspora all over the world. From this perspective, hard work, family values, and communal cohesion, as well as business practices based on sentiment, trust, and social networks, are the legendary means of explaining the wealth and commercial talent of these remarkable people. The book examines the subject of Chinese business' by exposing the enduring myth about the determining effects of these values and practices supposedly derived from Confucianism. Such myth relies on an ahistorical and essentialised notion of Chinese Culture', and brings into focus three sites of controversy: the economically driven Chinese subject, work-place relations characterised by consensus and cultural sharing, and an operating ethos of collectivist, pre-capitalist sociality. In its interrogation of the discourse of Confucian capitalism, it is the aim of this book to arrive at a critically informed and socially realistic understanding of Chinese business. The author combines abstract analysis with examples from anthropological fieldwork among Chinese traders in Sarawak, East Malaysia. By anchoring theoretical discussion to real case-studies, the multi-disciplinary approach of this book offers a useful insight into Chinese business activities, and contributes to current debates in cultural studies, economic anthropology, the economic performance of overseas Chinese, and neo-Confucian societies more generally.

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À propos de l'auteur

Yao Souchou is affiliated to the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, Australia

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0700715835
ISBN 13 
9780700715831
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
Routledge
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ISBN 10 :  1138863432 ISBN 13 :  9781138863439
Editeur : Routledge, 2015
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