Globalized Knowledge Flows and Chinese Social Theory - 9780367601072

Taylor & Francis

Globalized Knowledge Flows and Chinese Social TheoryAuthor(s): Xiaoying Qi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367601072, 978-0367601072\nSynopsis\nThis book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to Chinese social and cultural concepts. It argues that the influence of globalization promotes the spread of West European and American social science concepts and methods at the expense of local concepts and approaches, and at the same time (paradoxically) provides opportunities for the incorporation of local concepts, including Chinese concepts, into Western or mainstream social science.