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The Power of Relationalism in China book cover

1st Edition

The Power of Relationalism in China

By Leah Zhu Copyright 2018
230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In the 21 st century, China has become impossible to ignore. At the same time, a vast array of perceptions and judgments of China’s actions and future have arisen. The confusion, Leah Zhu postulates, is explained by decades of traditional modus operandi , which began in the Maoist Era and misconceives China as a ‘collectivist’ culture. This book, however, seeks to re-explore thousands of... Read more

Introduction

Part I: The Roots of Relationalism in Chinese History

1. Some Starting points

2. The "Universal Order"

3. The Traditional Chinese Family

4. Relationalism Meets Foreign Challenges

5. Relationalism Triumphs

Part II: The Roots of Relationalism in Chinese Belief systems

6. Some Starting Points

7. Confucius: Relationalism in Human Society

8. Daoism: Relationalism in the Cosmos 

9. Buddhism: Relationalism in Zen

10. Unification under Relationalism

Part III: " Guanxi"-- The Sociological Roots of Relationalism

11. Some Starting Points

12. Qin qing (Kinship Emotions)

13. You qing (Friendship Emotions)

14. Ren qing (Generic Human Emotions)

15. Guanxi Opens Access to Resources

16. "Face" and Reciprocity

17. "The Cat-and-Mouse Game"

Part IV: The Psychological Roots of Relationalism

18. Some Starting Points

19. Relational Human Nature 

20. The Chinese "Heart"

21. Cognition and Emotion

22. Relational Thinking in the Chinese Language

23. Development of "Selfhood" Part V: Relationalism in the 21st Century

24. Some starting points

25. The CCP Factional Politics in the 21st Century

26. The CCP-State Relationships in the 21st Century

27. The CCP-Chinese Society Relationships in the 21st Century

28. A Judiciary System with "Chinese Characteristics"?

29. On the World Stage: China’s Relational Diplomacy in the 21st Century

Epilogue: the Chinese Family in the 21st Century

Biography

Leah Zhu is a retired psychotherapist and academic at the University of Washington, USA. Her publications include A Comparative Study of Youth Mental Health Education in the United States and China (2015) and Cultivating the World of Self (1997).

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