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Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience: The Quest for an Adequate Life

Paperback • 2010 • English

Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience: The Quest for an Adequate Life

By Arthur Kleinman, Everett Zhang, Weiming Tu

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China has experienced a tremendous turn-around over the past three decades from the ethos of sacrificing life to the emergent appeal for valuing life. This book takes an interdisciplinary look at China during these decades of transformation through the defining theme of governance of life. With an emphasis on how to achieve an adequate life, the contributors integrate a whole range of life-related domains including: the death of Sun Zhigang, the peril caused by rising tobacco consumption, the em...Show more

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9780415597197

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience: The Quest for an Adequate Life

Format

Paperback

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