1st Edition
Confucian Capitalism Discourse, Practice and the Myth of Chinese Enterprise
By Souchou Yao
Copyright 2002
204 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction: Confucian capitalism - Discourse, practice, desire 2. Chinese business and the narrative of virtue 3. Management authority and the invention of the family 4. Guanxi I: A cultural model - Sentiment, performance and the trading of words 5. Guanxi II: Culture, strategy and the nobility of exchange 6. Cheng Chia , or Taking a wife to market: Economics, sexuality and marital choice 7. Lai Wang : Network, business opportunity and the politics of development 8. Conclusion
Biography
Yao Souchou is affiliated to the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, Australia
'Yao strips the dreamlike veneer of confusian virtues to attribute the incredible success of ethnic Chinese phenomenon that he calls "immigrant enterprise syndrome".' - The Australian
'A comprehensive and at times masterful deconstruction of the mystifications and blind desires that characterise much of the field of knowledge around "Chinese business". Lobbed into an MBA course or a conference on Asian business networks, its effect is potentially explosive.' - Asian Journal of Social Science
