J Fengjiang
Biographic Data
| ID | 56199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Fengjiang |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Fengjiang |
| SIGNATURE | FENGJIANG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3703-2965 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Desire to Help
The tremendous growth in search and rescue volunteerism in China of the past decade marks a shift from state monopoly to growing social participation in emergency governance related to disasters and various other forms of emergency. In some respects, the Chinese case can be contextualised in the global rise of ‘vernacular humanitarianism’. This article joins recent anthropologists’ and historians’ attempts to de-centre and pluralise humanitariani…
The Funeral of Mr. Wang
Philanthropy Fever from Below
For ordinary people in late-socialist China, the good life seems to be singularly shaped: in the future and the elsewhere, it is oriented toward one's own well-being and the well-being of future generations. This article aims to open up discussion about the different possibilities that ordinary people have for shaping a good life, despite and within the restrictions caused by their limited possession of power or wealth. The exploration draws from…
Leadership Programmes
In the last decade, business and life coaching programmes have rapidly proliferated in the People's Republic of China. Such programmes promise radical self-transformations aiming at individual success and social responsibility. The methods of most coaching programmes popular in China today are characterised by strict discipline and emotional expressivity, which are enacted in personal bonds between participants and coaches. This article describes…
Remaking the value of work
In recent decades China has seen a rise in grassroots "philanthropy" (gongyi), or charity and volunteerism that is not directed by the state. Much of the discussion on this phenomenon suggests that it is a response to a perceived "moral crisis." But the emergence of grassroots philanthropy is also-and perhaps more centrally-a response to people's changing valuation of work in a time of economic restructuring, especially among people who find thei…
"To Be a Little More Realistic"
This article explores the "ethical labour" of suspension––the conscious effort of deferring one's ethical judgement and reflections in order to avoid irreconcilable ethical conflicts between one's present activities and long-term goals. While people engage in ethical judgement and reflections in everyday social interactions, it is the laborious aspect of regulating one's ethical dispositions that I highlight in the concept of "ethical labour." Al…
The Creativity Hoax
The Creativity Hoax offers a bold critique to the current and widespread reflex to celebrate human creativity, at a moment when "creative workforces" are celebrated as a panacea for economic regenerations in the wake of the 2008-09 global financial crisis.As captured by the book title, Morgan and Nelligan expose "creativity" as a delusional discourse -a product of, rather than a remedy to, the ills of neoliberal capitalism.In the midst of the COV…
To Be a Little More Realistic
This article explores the "ethical labour" of suspension--the conscious effort of deferring one's ethical judgement and reflections in order to avoid irreconcilable ethical conflicts between one's present activities and long-term goals. While people engage in ethical judgement and reflections in everyday social interactions, it is the laborious aspect of regulating one's ethical dispositions that I highlight in the concept of "ethical labour." Al…
Toward a Psychology of Converting in the People’s Republic of China
Toward a Psychology of Converting in the People’s Republic of China
Leadership Programmes
In the last decade, business and life coaching programmes have rapidly proliferated in the People's Republic of China. Such programmes promise radical self-transformations aiming at individual success and social responsibility. The methods of most coaching programmes popular in China today are characterised by strict discipline and emotional expressivity, which are enacted in personal bonds between participants and coaches. This article describes…
Remaking the value of work
In recent decades China has seen a rise in grassroots "philanthropy" (gongyi), or charity and volunteerism that is not directed by the state. Much of the discussion on this phenomenon suggests that it is a response to a perceived "moral crisis." But the emergence of grassroots philanthropy is also-and perhaps more centrally-a response to people's changing valuation of work in a time of economic restructuring, especially among people who find thei…
Toward a Psychology of Converting in the People’s Republic of China
"To Be a Little More Realistic"
This article explores the "ethical labour" of suspension––the conscious effort of deferring one's ethical judgement and reflections in order to avoid irreconcilable ethical conflicts between one's present activities and long-term goals. While people engage in ethical judgement and reflections in everyday social interactions, it is the laborious aspect of regulating one's ethical dispositions that I highlight in the concept of "ethical labour." Al…
The Creativity Hoax
The Creativity Hoax offers a bold critique to the current and widespread reflex to celebrate human creativity, at a moment when "creative workforces" are celebrated as a panacea for economic regenerations in the wake of the 2008-09 global financial crisis.As captured by the book title, Morgan and Nelligan expose "creativity" as a delusional discourse -a product of, rather than a remedy to, the ills of neoliberal capitalism.In the midst of the COV…
To Be a Little More Realistic
This article explores the "ethical labour" of suspension--the conscious effort of deferring one's ethical judgement and reflections in order to avoid irreconcilable ethical conflicts between one's present activities and long-term goals. While people engage in ethical judgement and reflections in everyday social interactions, it is the laborious aspect of regulating one's ethical dispositions that I highlight in the concept of "ethical labour." Al…
Remaking the value of work
In recent decades China has seen a rise in grassroots "philanthropy" (gongyi), or charity and volunteerism that is not directed by the state. Much of the discussion on this phenomenon suggests that it is a response to a perceived "moral crisis." But the emergence of grassroots philanthropy is also-and perhaps more centrally-a response to people's changing valuation of work in a time of economic restructuring, especially among people who find thei…
The Desire to Help
The tremendous growth in search and rescue volunteerism in China of the past decade marks a shift from state monopoly to growing social participation in emergency governance related to disasters and various other forms of emergency. In some respects, the Chinese case can be contextualised in the global rise of ‘vernacular humanitarianism’. This article joins recent anthropologists’ and historians’ attempts to de-centre and pluralise humanitariani…
The Funeral of Mr. Wang
Philanthropy Fever from Below
For ordinary people in late-socialist China, the good life seems to be singularly shaped: in the future and the elsewhere, it is oriented toward one's own well-being and the well-being of future generations. This article aims to open up discussion about the different possibilities that ordinary people have for shaping a good life, despite and within the restrictions caused by their limited possession of power or wealth. The exploration draws from…
Leadership Programmes
In the last decade, business and life coaching programmes have rapidly proliferated in the People's Republic of China. Such programmes promise radical self-transformations aiming at individual success and social responsibility. The methods of most coaching programmes popular in China today are characterised by strict discipline and emotional expressivity, which are enacted in personal bonds between participants and coaches. This article describes…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · China (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works)