Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience : The Quest for an Adequate Life

ISBN-13: 9780415597180 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 296 str.

Everett Zhang;Arthur Kleinman;Weiming Tu

Opis

Between 1981 and 2004 China had the largest poverty reduction in human history. Along with the fast economic development, there has been great change to the ethos of Chinese society from sacrificing life for the revolutionary cause to valuing life itself.

Spis treści

Introduction China: Incomplete Governmentality Part I Min yi shi wei tian (People Regard Food as Top Priority)1 Feeding the Revolution 2 The Language of Food 3 The Truth about the Death Toll of the Great Leap Famine in Sichuan Part II The Politics and Morality of Death 4 The Death of a Detainee 5 The Life of Sino Sacer 6 Political Ambition, Life and Personal Success Part III Governing Life 7 The Memory of Barefoot Doctor System 8 Turning Points in China’s AIDS Response 9 Governing Chinese Life Part IV From Living Being to Wellbeing 10 Citizen Satisfaction with Government Performance 11 Debating Women’s Rights and Indigenous Rights in Hong Kong 12 Biological Citizenship and its Form Afterword

O autorze

Everett Zhang, Arthur Kleinman, Weiming Tu