Understanding Chinese Culture

✍ Scribed by Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu

• Publisher: Springer Singapore;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 262
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Promoting cultural understanding in a globalized world, this text is a key tool for students interested in further developing their understanding of Chinese society and culture. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this book provides a survey of Chinese culture, delving deeper into areas such as Chinese philosophy, religion, politics and education. It offers the reader a wide range of essential facts to better understand contemporary China through its history and cultural background, touching on key areas such as the development of science and technology in China, as well as the country’s economy and trade history, and is a key read for scholars and students in Chinese Culture, Sociology and Politics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Philosophy and Religion (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 1-27
Politics and Law (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 29-54
Education, Science, and Technology (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 55-84
Language and Writing (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 85-105
Literature (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 107-135
Economy and Trade (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 137-160
National Defense and Military Culture (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 161-183
Sports (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 185-206
Cultural Industries (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 207-229
National Spirit (Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu)....Pages 231-249

✦ Subjects

History; History of China; Asian Culture; Non-Western Philosophy; Asian Languages