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Aug 2, 2023 · Starting from an indigenous theory of cultural comparisons, Fei Xiaotong's concepts of 'group pattern' (tuanti geju) versus 'differential pattern' (chaxu geju), I review the contemporary...
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Starting from an indig-enous theory of cultural comparisons, Fei Xiaotong's concepts of 'group pattern' (tuanti geju) versus 'differential pattern' (chaxu geju), I review the contemporary literature on 'collectivism' in social psychology and management sciences.
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- Chinese Rural Society
- Problems and Limitations in Fei’s Theorizing
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The assimilation of the theoretical and methodological constructions of Western sociology into the investigation of primarily reform oriented social research prob-lems of twentieth century China, is the background to the work done by most of the pioneering Chinese sociologists such as Fei Xiaotong. The aim of this paper is to analyse the movement o...
Fei opens his first chapter of the book, by declaring that the Chinese society is fun-damentally rural. The reason for this is held in its foundation which is based on soil and its economic function of agriculture. The agricultural occupation is held as an anchorage to the soil, and therefore to the particular locale. Owing to its usually community...
In this section, we have looked into the various problems in Fei’s theorizing, that are to a large extent contextual in nature. Given the turbulence of the time period when he conducted his studies in China, there are a few limitations that have not been addressed in detail in his works. We have described them briefly as follows.
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Considering the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches to cultural competence education, this article aims to elucidate the significance of the notion of cultural self-awareness...
Sep 13, 2017 · Chinese scholars have been devoted to developing a vision of a society of ‘Great Unity’ (Datong; 大同) over the past century. Based on historical exanimation, this article aims to explore new approaches of China’s international communication.
- Lei Zhang, Zhengrong Hu
- 2017
Jan 31, 2022 · The assimilation of the theoretical and methodological constructions of Western sociology into the investigation of primarily reform oriented social research problems of twentieth century China, is the background to the work done by most of the pioneering Chinese sociologists such as Fei Xiaotong.
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Against this backdrop, this article investigates the personal and academic expe-riences and scholarship of a prominent Chinese scholar, Fei Xiaotong ( 費孝通, 1910–2005), to search for ways of integrating Chinese and Western knowledge in research.