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Shanghai, a dynamic world metropolis, is home to a multitude of
religions, from Buddhism and Islam, to Christianity and Baha'ism,
to Hinduism and Daoism, and many more. In this city of 24 million
inhabitants, new religious groups and older faiths together claim
and reclaim spiritual space. Shanghai Sacred explores the spaces,
rituals, and daily practices that make up the religious landscape
of the city, offering a new paradigm for the study of Chinese
spirituality that reflects the global trends shaping Chinese
culture and civil society. Based on years of fieldwork,
incorporating both comparative and methodological perspectives,
Shanghai Sacred demonstrates how religions are lived, constructed,
and thus inscribed into the social imaginary of the metropolis.
Evocative photographs by Liz Hingley enrich and interact with the
narrative, making the book an innovative contribution to religious
visual ethnography.
Shanghai, a dynamic world metropolis, is home to a multitude of
religions, from Buddhism and Islam, to Christianity and Baha'ism,
to Hinduism and Daoism, and many more. In this city of 24 million
inhabitants, new religious groups and older faiths together claim
and reclaim spiritual space. Shanghai Sacred explores the spaces,
rituals, and daily practices that make up the religious landscape
of the city, offering a new paradigm for the study of Chinese
spirituality that reflects the global trends shaping Chinese
culture and civil society. Based on years of fieldwork,
incorporating both comparative and methodological perspectives,
Shanghai Sacred demonstrates how religions are lived, constructed,
and thus inscribed into the social imaginary of the metropolis.
Evocative photographs by Liz Hingley enrich and interact with the
narrative, making the book an innovative contribution to religious
visual ethnography.
Over the years, many corporations have been trying to determine
what they can and should do to contribute to the sustainability of
the economic, social and ecological environment within which they
operate. Corporate social responsibility has become a key senior
management issue worldwide and an increasingly debated topic in
China. This book aims at helping companies operating in China to
better assess and exercise their corporate social responsibility
(CSR) in specific contexts. The purpose of this book is to show
that CSR has a strong economic pay back in the long run, that it is
a key success factor in nurturing corporate excellence, and that a
sense of urgency and accrued inventiveness are required from
companies operating in China. This practical, business-oriented
book takes into account China's classical and contemporary thought
on CSR. It is the result of a long research and collaborative
process, with several institutions (notably the Chinese's People
Institute of Foreign Affairs, Fudan University, the Taipei Ricci
Institute, BNP Paribas and the Chirac Foundation) during 2005 -
2010 and later with some industry leaders. Cross-disciplinary in
scope, the book aims at helping students and analysts in political
science, governance, international relations and Chinese studies to
understand and appreciate the unique role that firms play in
shaping a new China. It focuses on the relationship between the
state, civil society and corporations in the Chinese context. It
researches the conditions under which this relationship might
result in redefining China's developmental model.
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