Yongjia Liang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yongjia Liang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yongjia |
| FAMILY NAME | Liang |
| SIGNATURE | LIANG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology Zhejiang University China |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Esteeming goods for non-accumulation, small realms with few people
This article interprets the kula system through the lens of theLaozi, a Chinese classic of the 6th century BCE. Laozi's ideas regarding "esteeming goods," "non-accumulation," and "small realms with few people" allow us to understand why kula shells and names are precious but impossible to accumulate and how kula serves to keep societies small and peaceful with its subtle practice of organizations, technologies, and calendars. Through exemplary "e…
Diversity without Pluralism
The paper explores religious diversity and pluralism in the religioscape of mainland China with three examples. While religious diversity is de facto practice, "religious pluralism" is not socially recognised, culturally legitimised, or discursively institutionalised. On the one hand, state co-option of religious groups is achieved through particular definition of "religion" without the conceptualisation of pluralism, leaving undefined religious …
Religious Revival in Rural China
The assembly of three papers in this themed section offers ethnographic reflections on religious revival in rural China. In the last three decades, anthropological studies of this topic have produc
Morality, Gift and Market
This paper analyses a temple restoration initiative during a state-funded project to attract scattered villagers back to their old village centre in southwest China. While state agents who implemented the project created a public space to bring 'civilisation' to the 'backward' peasants, the villagers appropriated the project by restoring an old temple, which immediately became the venue for a variety of communal events. The paper argues that the …
Civilisation and the Anthropological Study of China
Additional informationNotes on contributorsYongjia LiangYongjia Liang is a senior research fellow in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Morality, Gift and Market
This paper analyses a temple restoration initiative during a state-funded project to attract scattered villagers back to their old village centre in southwest China. While state agents who implemented the project created a public space to bring 'civilisation' to the 'backward' peasants, the villagers appropriated the project by restoring an old temple, which immediately became the venue for a variety of communal events. The paper argues that the …
Diversity without Pluralism
The paper explores religious diversity and pluralism in the religioscape of mainland China with three examples. While religious diversity is de facto practice, "religious pluralism" is not socially recognised, culturally legitimised, or discursively institutionalised. On the one hand, state co-option of religious groups is achieved through particular definition of "religion" without the conceptualisation of pluralism, leaving undefined religious …
Esteeming goods for non-accumulation, small realms with few people
This article interprets the kula system through the lens of theLaozi, a Chinese classic of the 6th century BCE. Laozi's ideas regarding "esteeming goods," "non-accumulation," and "small realms with few people" allow us to understand why kula shells and names are precious but impossible to accumulate and how kula serves to keep societies small and peaceful with its subtle practice of organizations, technologies, and calendars. Through exemplary "e…
Civilisation and the Anthropological Study of China
Additional informationNotes on contributorsYongjia LiangYongjia Liang is a senior research fellow in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Religious Revival in Rural China
The assembly of three papers in this themed section offers ethnographic reflections on religious revival in rural China. In the last three decades, anthropological studies of this topic have produc
Morality, Gift and Market
This paper analyses a temple restoration initiative during a state-funded project to attract scattered villagers back to their old village centre in southwest China. While state agents who implemented the project created a public space to bring 'civilisation' to the 'backward' peasants, the villagers appropriated the project by restoring an old temple, which immediately became the venue for a variety of communal events. The paper argues that the …
Diversity without Pluralism
The paper explores religious diversity and pluralism in the religioscape of mainland China with three examples. While religious diversity is de facto practice, "religious pluralism" is not socially recognised, culturally legitimised, or discursively institutionalised. On the one hand, state co-option of religious groups is achieved through particular definition of "religion" without the conceptualisation of pluralism, leaving undefined religious …
Esteeming goods for non-accumulation, small realms with few people
This article interprets the kula system through the lens of theLaozi, a Chinese classic of the 6th century BCE. Laozi's ideas regarding "esteeming goods," "non-accumulation," and "small realms with few people" allow us to understand why kula shells and names are precious but impossible to accumulate and how kula serves to keep societies small and peaceful with its subtle practice of organizations, technologies, and calendars. Through exemplary "e…
China (4 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Civilization (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)