The Exemplary Society
Human Improvement, Social Control, and the Dangers of Modernity in China
ISBN13: 9780198295235ISBN10: 0198295235
Hardback,
536 pages
Apr 2000,
In Stock
Price:
$225.00 (06)See more from the series
Description
This pathbreaking study analyzes traditional and modern Chinese beliefs about and reactions to education, discipline, human improvement, and social control. Although these reactions to modernity have a Chinese coloring, they are not exclusive to the Chinese culture. By describing the terra incognita of China, The Exemplary Society also describes something about ourselves.Reviews
"The book is an extremely well researched, adeptly written volume whose sections would be appropriate for a comparative course on socialization, moral education, sociology of education, or education of China."--Comparative Education Review
About the Author(s)
Børge Bakken is Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen. He has previously been Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oslo and Research Fellow in the Norwegian Research Council.
