Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives

Volume 1, 2015

《全球中国比较研究》，2015年第1期

What Western social scientists can learn from the writings of Fei Xiaotong

编者序

Author: Gary G. Hamilton

Volume number: 1
Year of publication: 2015
Language: English
Publisher: Global Century Press (London)
ISSN 2633-9544 (print)
ISSN 2633-9552 (online)
ISBN 978-1-910334-51-5
DOI https://doi.org/10.24103/JCGCP.en.2015.7

作者：韩格理

期号：第1期
出版年份：2015年
语言：英文
出版社：环球世纪出版社 (伦敦)
ISSN 2633-9560 (印刷版)
ISSN 2633-9579 (电子版)
ISBN 978-1-910334-51-5
DOI https://doi.org/10.24103/JCGCP.en.2015.7

Categories: Gary Hamilton, 韩格理, Journals periodicals 期刊与集刊, Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives (JCGCP, Vol. 1, 2015), Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives (JCGCP)

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Abstract: This article elaborates on Fei’s contrast between Chinese and Western societies that lies at the core of his book, Xiangtu Zhongguo (《乡土中国》). I further develop this contrast to show its relevance to sociological theories of Western and Chinese societies. This task is important not only for Western scholars, who can learn from Fei’s analysis, but also for Chinese scholars, who misinterpret Fei’s analysis of Chinese society because they concentrate only on the Chinese half of Fei’s comparison between Chinese and Western societies and thus fail to understand the theoretical depth of his work. This article conceptualizes Fei’s contrasts in order to correct Weber’s flawed analysis of Chinese society.

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Gary G. Hamilton (韩格理) is Henry M. Jackson Professor, Department of Sociology and The Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington (Seattle), formerly Associate Director of the School. He is the author of Emergent Economies, Divergent Paths, Economic Organization and International Trade in South Korea and Taiwan (2006), Commerce and Capitalism in Chinese Societies (2006), and The Market Makers: How Retailers Are Changing the Global Economy (2011). He is also well known in China for introducing Fei Xiaotong’s book From the Soil – The Foundations of Chinese Society (1994) to the English-speaking world.

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Gary G. Hamilton, What Western social scientists can learn from the writings of Fei Xiaotong, Journal of China in Global and Comparative Perspectives, Volume 1, 2015, London: Global Century Press. DOI https://doi.org/10.24103/JCGCP.en.2015.7 (韩格理，“编者序”，《全球中国比较研究》，2015年第1期，伦敦：全球世纪出版社。DOI https://doi.org/10.24103/JCGCP.en.2015.7)

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