Fei Xiaotong and Sociology in Revolutionary China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Description
This scholarly study examines the life, ideas, and career of Fei Xiaotong, one of modern China’s most influential sociologists, against the profound political and intellectual upheavals of revolutionary China. It traces how Fei’s fieldwork, theories of rural society, and commitment to social reform evolved amid changing expectations about the role of scholarship and the state. Combining intellectual biography with an account of sociology’s development in China, the book illuminates the tensions between empirical research, Marxist ideology, nationalism, and academic independence. It offers essential insight into both Fei’s contributions and the broader transformation of the social sciences in twentieth-century China.
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paperback
Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University
Published Jan 1, 1981
386 pages
ISBN: 9780674298156
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First Published
1981
Language
eng
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