Re-assesses Max Weber's celebrated sociology of China in the wake of political and economic upheavals and transformations in the regionDebates the role of the individual in Confucian thought and practice and the subordination, in China, of the individual to the interests of the political community
Provides new insights into Weber's Religion of China in East Asia today, against the background of the rise of modern capitalism

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Dr Jack Barbalet is Research Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Religion, Politics and Society at the Australian Catholic University, with past appointments in other Australian universities as well as Leicester University and Hong Kong Baptist University. A renowned Weber scholar, Barbalet also publishes extensively on the sociology of China.

Inhalt
Introduction.- China in Germany.- Confucianism.- Daoism.- Self-interest.- Magic.- Capitalism.