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Individualism and Holism - Studies in Confucian and Taoist Values (Paperback)
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Individualism and Holism - Studies in Confucian and Taoist Values (Paperback)
Series: Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies
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The notion of "individualism" inevitably creeps into the
conversation of Americans who try to compare their country with
China. It is something we supposedly have and prize which the
Chinese do not now have nor probably ever had. For several
generations, noncommunists and communists in China have excoriated
individualism as the equivalent of selfishness. For them it is a
morally insupportable value, not least because it is thought to
fragment societies. Inasmuch as the word "individualism" defines a
number of different, though related, value concepts in modern
usage, the point of departure for our analysis will be the
examination of each of these. This approach will enable us to judge
exactly what it is we were supposed to have, whether or not the
concept has played a role in Chinese society, past or present, and,
if so, what significance has been attached to it. The word "holism"
rarely creeps into anyone's conversation, except, perhaps, that of
the sociologist or philosopher. It is a scholarly word. Yet there
is considerable overlap between lay remarks about individual
interest being subordinate to group interest and the scholar's
technical descriptions of what some holisms expect of people. The
ideas suggested by the term are not exclusively scholarly. It seems
to point to some Chinese ways of thinking about relations among
individuals that contrast with our ways. But if anything, it is
vaguer than "individualism." [1]
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