Literatization vs. Civilization
A Preliminary Comparison of the Development of Sport in China and the West with a Focus on Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20485653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chih-Chieh Tang (Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang Taipei 11529 Taiwan), Chih‐chieh Tang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 174-190 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Soziale Systeme (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0948-423X • E-ISSN: 2366-0473 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sosys-2018-0010 |
| OpenAlex | W3168628541 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
This article highlights the differences in the civilizing process in China by examining the development of sport. Focusing on the problem of violence, it shows how the evolution of forms of differentiation caused the decline of the violent game jiju and the rise of the elegant game chuiwan as China transformed from a strictly stratified mendi rank society to an open gentry society of greater functional differentiation. The development of the entertainment industry of cuju rather than a function system of sport documented an idiosyncratic literatization. This resulted from the structure of the first post-aristocratic society as a meritocratic commoner society. The unique yin/yang dual structure as a compromise of functional differentiation with hierarchical order brought about a paradoxical domestication of violence
Biology · China · Civilization · Compromise · Entertainment · Gentry · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Mathematics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
The Development of Modern Sports
The Confusions of Pleasure
Demographic, Political, And Social Transformations Of China, 750–1550
Rethinking ‘Violence’ in Chinese Culture
Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance
Leitgesichtspunkte einer Soziologie der Inklusion und Exklusion
Superfluous Things
Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
Sport, Identity Politics, and Globalization
Quest for Excitement
Demographic, Political, and Social Transformations of China, 750-1550
Polo and Cultural Change
Moderne und Gewalt
Insiders and Outsiders
Violence and the civilizing process
The Body, Sport and Power Relations
The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |