How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?

Abstract In this editorial for the Thematic Series: Cultural Sociology and China, we discuss the global growth of cultural sociology as a sociological sub-discipline, its current state and future prospects in mainland China, and the aims of this special issue in promoting the subfield’s further grow...

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Main Authors: Amy Tsang, Michèle Lamont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-018-0086-5
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spelling doaj-b705c79498a94091adb5ba46add504272020-11-25T01:38:27ZengSpringerOpenThe Journal of Chinese Sociology2198-26352018-10-01511810.1186/s40711-018-0086-5How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?Amy Tsang0Michèle Lamont1Department of Sociology, Harvard UniversityDepartment of Sociology, Harvard UniversityAbstract In this editorial for the Thematic Series: Cultural Sociology and China, we discuss the global growth of cultural sociology as a sociological sub-discipline, its current state and future prospects in mainland China, and the aims of this special issue in promoting the subfield’s further growth domestically in China.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-018-0086-5Cultural sociologyChinaSociology of knowledge
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The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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China
Sociology of knowledge
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title How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
title_short How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
title_full How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
title_fullStr How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
title_full_unstemmed How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
title_sort how can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary chinese society?
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series The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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publishDate 2018-10-01
description Abstract In this editorial for the Thematic Series: Cultural Sociology and China, we discuss the global growth of cultural sociology as a sociological sub-discipline, its current state and future prospects in mainland China, and the aims of this special issue in promoting the subfield’s further growth domestically in China.
topic Cultural sociology
China
Sociology of knowledge
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