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The Exemplary Society

- Human Improvement, Social Control, and the Dangers of Modernity in China

About The Exemplary Society

The Exemplary Society examines traditional and modern Chinese beliefs about education, discipline, and social control. It describes the Chinese attitudes towards criminality, sex, youth culture, and other `disorders' of the modernization process. The resulting quest for social control through an exemplary educative and disciplinary society is analysed in this pathbreaking study.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780198295235
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 532
  • Published:
  • March 8, 2000
  • Dimensions:
  • 164x241x35 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 968 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: February 16, 2025

Description of The Exemplary Society

The Exemplary Society examines traditional and modern Chinese beliefs about education, discipline, and social control. It describes the Chinese attitudes towards criminality, sex, youth culture, and other `disorders' of the modernization process. The resulting quest for social control through an exemplary educative and disciplinary society is analysed in this pathbreaking study.

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