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Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young pe...

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Έκδοση: Springer Nature 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-586592022-10-15T03:14:54Z Self as Method Xiang, Biao Wu, Qi China Development Political Chinese Intellectual Life Intellectual bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFS Globalization Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xiang Biao, a social anthropologist, and Wu Qi, a rising journalist, the book probes how China has reached its current stage and how young people can make changes. The conversations touch on issues of mobility, education, family, relations between the self and the authority, centers and margins, China, and the world. The Chinese version was named the “most impactful book of 2021” by Douban, China’s premier website for rating books, films, and music. The English version is translated by David Ownby, who also penned an introduction. 2022-10-14T10:40:09Z 2022-10-14T10:40:09Z 2023 book ONIX_20221014_9789811949531_34 9789811949531 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58659 eng application/pdf n/a 978-981-19-4953-1.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-981-19-4953-1 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-981-19-4953-1 10.1007/978-981-19-4953-1 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9789811949531 Palgrave Macmillan 268 Singapore open access
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