Cultural Reverse Ⅱ: The Multidimensional Motivation and Social Impact of Intergenerational Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780367904159 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 196 str.

Xiaohong Zhou

Opis

The book proposes a new academic concept, "Cultural Reverse" (文化反哺), referring to the phenomenon that the older generation started to learn from the younger generation since the 1980s in China, and analyzes the multiple causes and social impacts of this trend.

Spis treści

1. Social Transition as the Impetus to Refurbish History  2. The Peer Group as Knowledge Reservoir and Extended Memory  3. The Media: More About Survival than Information  4. What Has Been Ushered in by Cultural Reverse?  5. Conclusion: State, Society, and Intergenerational Relations

O autorze

Zhou Xiaohong served as dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Nanjing University for 16 years; now he is a senior professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University. His main research fields are sociological theory, social psychology, and contemporary China studies.