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William Yale posted a blog postModernity and the Chinese Experience
This is a piece I wrote that was published in the SAIS Observer, a student-run monthly at Johns Hopkins SAIS.I am one of two international students in my “Modernity and World Social Thought” class at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center; the other twenty or so are all Chinese students. Every week we talk about questions of modernity and modernization: whether a country can become technologically “modernized” without being culturally and psychologically “modern”; whether modernity is a universal value or…See More
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Based in Washington, D.C., SAIS is a leading graduate school of international affairs, educating students for professional careers in government, business, journalism, international organizations, academia and nonprofits. Founded in 1943 by statesmen Paul Nitze and Christian Herter, SAIS has been a division of The Johns Hopkins University since 1950.See More
William Yale left a comment for Evan O'Neil"Hey, thanks for the welcome. I sent you an email regarding the guest editorship.
~ Will"
Evan O'Neil left a comment for William Yale"William, welcome to the Network. We look forward to some of your thoughts from China. Original posts are always the best, but you are also welcome to cross-post from China and Its Discontents."
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- My professional and academic interests mainly involve China; it's what I study and what I plan to focus my career on. I think there is substantial need for a conversation in China about mediating market economics with ethical concerns. Since China "opened up" there has been a growing sense of despiritualization, rampant consumerism, and materialism (i.e. the same concerns as ever that come with modernity). But there is really not much of a conversation of what to replace Maoist ideological fervor with besides empty capitalism. Where do markets fail? What are China's common values? How do you translate those values into policy? These conversations needs to happen, and I hope I can facilitate them.
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Modernity and the Chinese Experience
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes
This is a piece I wrote that was published in the SAIS Observer, a student-run monthly at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
I am one of two international students in my “Modernity and World Social Thought” class at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center; the other twenty or so are all Chinese students. Every week we talk about questions of modernity and modernization: whether a country can become technologically “modernized” without being culturally and psychologically…
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- At 3:10am on October 18, 2012,
Cinthya said… Welcome William.
It's nice to see you here. I'm Cinthya from Indonesia.
By the way, I'm really interested with what you wrote about China. And I'm Chinese-Indonesian anyway. I'm thinking to join this --> http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/about/announcements/0066.html . So I'm really interested in having some conversations with you. We may collaborate if we have the same thought I guess.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks
-C.
- At 12:06pm on October 16, 2012, Evan O'Neil said…
William, welcome to the Network. We look forward to some of your thoughts from China. Original posts are always the best, but you are also welcome to cross-post from China and Its Discontents.
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