東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Politics of Moral Sentiments and the...

Xu, Bin.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008./
Author:	Xu, Bin.
Description:	322 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-08, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-08A.
Subject:	Asian Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3456626
ISBN:	9781124661964

Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008.
Xu, Bin.

Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008. - 322 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-08, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2011.

This dissertation examines the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008 as a case of politics of moral sentiments. I argue that public expressions of moral sentiments are enabled and constrained by structural relations and situational interactions between the state and society. This theoretical argument is illustrated in four empirical studies that address different aspects of politics of moral sentiments after the Sichuan earthquake. In Chapter One, I explain the seemingly sudden eruption of altruistic actions in the wake of the earthquake, such as donations and volunteering, by the long-term structural relations between the Chinese state and civil associations and the state-society interactions in the immediate context. In Chapter Two, I address Premier Wen Jiabao's successful compassionate actions in the wake of the earthquake, a typical top-down dimension of politics of moral sentiments. I explain his success vis-a-vis his and other leaders' less successful performance by examining emotional and political implications of "scene," a neglected factor in theories of performance. In Chapter Three, I focus on the national mourning for the Sichuan earthquake victims, which was the first time in Chinese history that the state mourned ordinary citizens. It represents a less-studied genre: "mourning for the ordinary," a state-ordered mourning rite to honor those who neither held official ranks nor were involved in state political and military actions. A strong civil society with conscious, moral ideas about human life and dignity is central to the emergence and effects of mourning for the ordinary. In Chapter Four, I describe and explain three different fates of moral sentiments after collective effervescence by contextualizing them in state-society interactions. Righteous anger was suppressed by the state; solidarity was colonized by the state and the market for political and commercial purposes; compassions in NGOs and small groups were limited by institutional barriers and their own weaknesses. The whole dissertation dialogs with classical theorists, especially Adam Smith and Emile Durkheim. It also contributes to our theoretical understanding of morality, emotion, and politics in light of recent development in relevant fields. The dissertation is based on textual, image, ethnographic, and interview data collected in 2009 and 2010.

ISBN: 9781124661964Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669375
Asian Studies.

Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008.
LDR:03442nam 2200325 4500 001 1397718
005 20110726095652.5
008 130515s2011 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9781124661964
035 $a (UMI)AAI3456626
035 $a AAI3456626
040 $a UMI $c UMI
100 1 $a Xu, Bin. $3 1676565
245 1 0 $a Politics of Moral Sentiments and the Sichuan Earthquake in China in 2008.
300 $a 322 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-08, Section: A, page: .
500 $a Adviser: Gary Alan Fine.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2011.
520 $a This dissertation examines the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008 as a case of politics of moral sentiments. I argue that public expressions of moral sentiments are enabled and constrained by structural relations and situational interactions between the state and society. This theoretical argument is illustrated in four empirical studies that address different aspects of politics of moral sentiments after the Sichuan earthquake. In Chapter One, I explain the seemingly sudden eruption of altruistic actions in the wake of the earthquake, such as donations and volunteering, by the long-term structural relations between the Chinese state and civil associations and the state-society interactions in the immediate context. In Chapter Two, I address Premier Wen Jiabao's successful compassionate actions in the wake of the earthquake, a typical top-down dimension of politics of moral sentiments. I explain his success vis-a-vis his and other leaders' less successful performance by examining emotional and political implications of "scene," a neglected factor in theories of performance. In Chapter Three, I focus on the national mourning for the Sichuan earthquake victims, which was the first time in Chinese history that the state mourned ordinary citizens. It represents a less-studied genre: "mourning for the ordinary," a state-ordered mourning rite to honor those who neither held official ranks nor were involved in state political and military actions. A strong civil society with conscious, moral ideas about human life and dignity is central to the emergence and effects of mourning for the ordinary. In Chapter Four, I describe and explain three different fates of moral sentiments after collective effervescence by contextualizing them in state-society interactions. Righteous anger was suppressed by the state; solidarity was colonized by the state and the market for political and commercial purposes; compassions in NGOs and small groups were limited by institutional barriers and their own weaknesses. The whole dissertation dialogs with classical theorists, especially Adam Smith and Emile Durkheim. It also contributes to our theoretical understanding of morality, emotion, and politics in light of recent development in relevant fields. The dissertation is based on textual, image, ethnographic, and interview data collected in 2009 and 2010.
590 $a School code: 0163.
650 4 $a Asian Studies. $3 1669375
650 4 $a Sociology, Social Structure and Development. $3 1017425
690 $a 0342
690 $a 0700
710 2 $a Northwestern University. $b Sociology. $3 1020890
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 72-08A.
790 1 0 $a Fine, Gary Alan, $e advisor
790 1 0 $a Griswold, Wendy $e committee member
790 1 0 $a Camic, Charles $e committee member
790 1 0 $a Carroll, Peter $e committee member
790 1 0 $a Zhao, Dingxin $e committee member
790 $a 0163
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2011
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3456626