This book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to Chinese social and cultural concepts. It argues that the influence of globalization promotes the spread of West European and American social science concepts and methods at the expense of local concepts and approaches, and at the same time (paradoxically) provides opportunities for the incorporation of local concepts, including Chinese concepts, into Western or mainstream social science.

About the Author
Xiaoying Qi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Reviews

"This is an astonishing, and timely book...it works at a level of ambition and capacity that is breathtaking." - Peter Beilharz, Journal of Sociology, 2016, Vol. 52 (1) 134-135.

"Xiaoying Qi provides us with an exemplary study of the way the wealth of Chinese intellectual traditions can be brought into critical engagement with Western paradigms to develop common conceptual resources ... In a short review one can only begin to suggest the depth of scholarship and richness of argument and insight that this book contains ... There is more than ample proof here that the author will be in the forefront of those who take this programme forward". Professor Martin Albrow [2015] Journal of China in Comparative Perspective, 1(1): 146-149).

Book Information
ISBN 9780415714402
Author Xiaoying Qi
Format Hardback
Page Count 274
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 670g