Contemporary Value Systems in China

• Main Authors: Han, Zhen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Zhang, Weiwen (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: China Insights,
• Subjects: Social sciences-Philosophy.; Modern philosophy.; Area studies.; Social Philosophy.; Modern Philosophy.; Area Studies.

This work illustrates China's values and how they are practiced. After introducing readers to the theories, systematical structure, historical status, and influence of traditional Chinese values, it points out major developmental trends in connection with modernization. Further, it explores the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: Understanding Chinese Values
• Traditional Chinese values
• Inheriting and Transitioning: the Construction of Chinese Values in Early Modern History
• The Goal of Pursuing the Value of National Development in Modern China
• The Value Concept of Contemporary Chinese Social Progress
• The Value Standard of Contemporary Chinese Citizenship
• Conclusion: Carrying forward the National Values and Realizing National Rejuvenation
• References
• Index
• Epilogue.