Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism, Maoism and the Chinese tradition. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba (in Hubei Province, central China) is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of every...(展开全部)

Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism, Maoism and the Chinese tradition. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba (in Hubei Province, central China) is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of every...(展开全部)

Is modernity in non-Western societies always an “alternative” modernity, a derivative copy of an “original modernity” that began in the West ? No, answer the contributors to this book, who then offer an absorbing set of case studies from modern China to make their point. By focusing on people’s ordinary routines of working, eating, going to school, and traveling, the authors ex...(展开全部)

Drawing on a wide range of anthropological case studies, this book focuses on ordinary ethics in contemporary China. The book examines the kinds of moral and ethical issues that emerge (sometimes almost unnoticed) in the flow of everyday life in Chinese communities. How are schoolchildren judged to be good or bad by their teachers and their peers - and how should a 'bad' studen...(展开全部)

Drawing on a wide range of anthropological case studies, this book focuses on ordinary ethics in contemporary China. The book examines the kinds of moral and ethical issues that emerge (sometimes almost unnoticed) in the flow of everyday life in Chinese communities. How are schoolchildren judged to be good or bad by their teachers and their peers - and how should a 'bad' studen...(展开全部)

Providing the first overview of Asia's emerging biosciences landscape, this timely and important collection brings together ethnographic case studies on biotech endeavours such as genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, and stem cell research in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. While biotech policies and projects vary by country, the contributors identi...(展开全部)

Providing the first overview of Asia's emerging biosciences landscape, this timely and important collection brings together ethnographic case studies on biotech endeavours such as genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, and stem cell research in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. While biotech policies and projects vary by country, the contributors identi...(展开全部)

迈克尔·鲁惟一，英国著名汉学家。从剑桥的佩雷斯学院毕业后，他进入牛津大学莫德林学院工作。因第二次世界大战爆发，1942年他离开牛津大学，来到英国政府通讯部接受日语训练；同时，开始利用业余时间学习汉语。1947年，他来到北京生活，此时对中国传统文化和中国历史产生浓厚兴趣，同时开始研究非洲和东方文化。返回英国后，他任教于伦敦大学，主要讲授远东历史。1963年，他获得牛津大学博士学位，后任教于剑桥大学，是剑桥大学克莱尔讲堂的成员，剑桥大学以他的名字设立“鲁惟一奖”专门用于奖励在中国文学方面表现突出的本科生。

Reprint of three articles from JAS.