Understanding Western Culture

Editat de Guobin Xu, Yanhui Chen, Lianhua Xu Traducere de Kaiju Chen, Xiyuan Xiong, Wenquan Wu

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Promoting cultural understanding in a globalized world, this collection offers a new perspective on Western philosophy and religion through the voices of Chinese scholars. It examines the evolution of economic and political structures across the United States and the European Union, as well as key developments in various educational systems in the United Kingdom, Sweden, the US, France and Germany. As an interdisciplinary study situated at the intersection of sociology, history, culture and philosophy, this book re-examines pivotal structures and developments in Western countries and provides readers with a succinct yet effective way of mastering a deeper understanding of Western culture.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137599865
ISBN-10: 1137599863
Pagini: 272
Ediția:2018 edition
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Understanding Western Culture, one of the four-volume series of Essentials of Chinese and Western Culture, presents the colorful and profound Western culture in a comprehensive yet concise manner. This book starts with philosophy and covers politics, economy, military culture, education, literature, organizational culture and religion in the following chapters. It aims to provide the readers with a shortcut yet an effective way to understand Western culture. Each chapter of this book deals with a different area of Western culture.

Cuprins

1. Western Philosophy.- 2. Political Systems.- 3. Economic Systems of the West.- 4. Western Military Culture.- 5. Education System.- 6. European and American Literature.- 7. Western Organizational Culture: EU Organizational Culture.- 8. Religious Culture.

Notă biografică

Guobin Xu is Professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. His research interests focus on higher education administration, cultural quality education, and mental health education.
Yanhui Chen is Professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. His research interests include ancient Chinese literature and cultural studies.
Lianhua Xu is the Editor of the Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China.
Kaiju Chen is Professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China. His major research interests include cultural studies, philosophy of culture, education, and translation.
Xiyuan Xiong is a Lecturer in English Language and Literature as well as editor at Sun Yat-sen University Press. His chief research interests include translation studies (mainly in Chinese translation history and translation criticism) and cultural studies.
Wenquan Wu has an M.A. in Translations Studies (NanjingUniversity, China) and a Master degree in Business Management from the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Caracteristici

Promotes understanding of Western cultures in China Provides a concise introduction to western cultures and their distinctions Addresses among other topics Philosophy, Religion, Literature and Organizational Culture

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