Self-Interest in Chinese Discourse and Practice

Temporal Distinctions of Self

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3534243
AutoresJack Barbalet (0000-0002-4212-7929, Hong Kong Baptist University, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume61
Fascículo4
Páginas649-666
Data de publicação2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-954x.12080
OpenAlexW2118546047
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas41

A concept of self-interest, through which different interests relate to distinct temporal phases of selves, is examined by considering the operation of self-interest in a context in which it is frequently held to be absent. Chinese culture, frequently described as collectivist, developed intellectual traditions in which self-interest is assumed. Chinese sociologists affirm the centrality of self-interest for understanding social relationships and practices. Confucian antipathy to selfishness relates to admonishment of satisfaction of the interests of present selves against those of past selves. Variable institutional selection of distinct temporal phases of self is core to understanding major differences between Confucianism and Daoism and their respective conceptions of self-interest

Antipathy · Centrality · Collectivism · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Flourishing · Individualism · Political science · Politics · Self · Self-interest · Selfishness · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology