Globalization and Cultural Self-awareness

Overview

Globalization and Cultural Self-Awareness includes the writings, speeches, and conversations of Fei Xiaotong on this topic taken from the last 10 years of his life, from the 1990s to the early 2000s. Under the backdrop of globalization and conflicts between civilizations, the Chinese scholar and social scientist Fei Xiaotong proposed his ideas of “cultural self-awareness” and the axiom “each appreciates his own best, appreciates the best of others, all appreciate the best together for the greater harmony of all.” He proposed to rediscover traditional Chinese culture and discussed how to uncover resources within it as a basis for developing a new culture, to meet the challenge of globalization and, by bringing this vision of cultural self-awareness to the international scene, achieve their own transformation, open a new path for co-existence of civilizations and development of cultural self-awareness.

Author Biography

Fei Xiaotong, sociologist, anthropologist, ethnologist, social activist, one of the founders of Sociology and Anthropology in China. His works, including Peasant Life in China, From the Soil, China’s Gentry, are must for understanding economy, society and culture in China.