Paradigm Shifts in Chinese Studies

This book is a study of the change and continuity in paradigms in China studies, both inside and outside of China. In the last few years, the United States and China appeared to be moving in the direction of "de-coupling," indicating that the engagement policy with China in the last four decade is ending. The "modernization theory" that is the theoretical foundation of the engagement policy has proved to be wrong.

This situation calls for a reexamination of the field of China studies. Historically, scholarly paradigms shifts often went hand in hand with drastic social change. As we have entered an era of great uncertainty, it is constructive to reflect on the paradigms in China studies in the past and explore the possibility of new paradigms in the future. How are the shifts of major theories, methods and paradigms in China studies in the west related to social change? How did some of China's paradigms impact on the country's social change and developments?

This book will appeal to a wide readership, including scholars and graduate students, upper division undergraduate students of China studies, Asian studies.

Shiping Hua is Calvin & Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program, Professor of Political Science at The University of Louisville, USA.

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Shiping Hua is Calvin & Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program, Professor of Political Science at The University of Louisville, USA.

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Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Paradigmatic Trends in China Studies

Shiping Hua.

Chapter 2: Paradigms of Anthropology in China

Gordon Mathews, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Chapter 3: Shifts of Journalism and Communication Education in China and the Political and Ideological Contributing Factors.

Jing Niu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Junhao Hong, University at Buffalo, Lujian Bi, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Chapter 4: The Changing Landscape of Economic Studies on China: A Scopus-based Literature Review

Sarah Y. Tong & Li Yao, National University of Singapore.

Chapter 5: The Shift of Paradigms in Writing Chinese History

Qiang Fang, University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Chapter 6: Paradigm Shift in Chinese Legal Studies

Guobin Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, Jian Qu, China Agriculture University, and Han Zhai, Wuhan University. Chapter 7: Three Paradigms for Studying Chinese Philosophy

Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University.

Chapter 8: One County, Many Paradigms: Diversity in China Political Studies,

John James Kennedy and Rigao Liu, University of Kansas. Chapter 9: Advancing Psychology of China: A Call for Paradigm Shift

Changming Duan, University of Kansas; Fenglan Li, Huazhong Agricultural University

Chapter 10: Hiding in Plain Sight: Paradigms Shifts in the Study of the Religious Questions in China.

André Laliberté, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Chapter 11: Situated Knowledge and Situated Action: The Rise of Chinese Sociology Since 1978

Fei Yan, Tsinghua University, China; Liqun Cao, Ontario Tech University, Canada. Chapter 12: Deconstructing Chinese Art Music's Paradigms and Paradigm Shifts. Hon-Lun Yang and Arturo Irisarri Izquierdo, Hong Kong Baptist University.