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Religion and Charity - The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (Hardcover)
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Religion and Charity - The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (Hardcover)
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Free markets alone do not work effectively to solve certain kinds
of human problems, such as education, old age care, or disaster
relief. Nor have markets ever been the sole solution to the
psychological challenges of death, suffering, or injustice.
Instead, we find a major role for the non-market institutions of
society - the family, the state, and social institutions. The first
in-depth anthropological study of charities in contemporary Chinese
societies, this book focuses on the unique ways that religious
groups have helped to solve the problems of social well-being.
Using comparative case studies in China, Taiwan and Malaysia during
the 1980s and onwards, it identifies new forms of religious
philanthropy as well as new ideas of social 'good', including
different forms of political merit-making, new forms of civic
selfhood, and the rise of innovative social forms, including
increased leadership by women. The book finally argues that the
spread of these ideas is an incomplete process, with many
alternative notions of goodness continuing to be influential.
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