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Filial Obligation in Contemporary C hina

Evolution of the Culture‐System

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ID8975792
AuthorsXiaoying Qi (0000-0003-0704-6864, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue1
Pages141-161
Publication date2014-02-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jtsb.12052
OpenAlexW1496206787
LanguageEN
Citations received77
References cited57

Family obligation, which has an exceptionally high salience in traditional C hinese society, continues to be significant in contemporary C hina. In family relations in particular sentiments and practices morphologically similar to those associated with xiao (filial piety) remains intact in so far as an enduring set of expectations concerning age‐based obligation continues to structure behavior toward others. Researchers pursuing the theme of “individualization” in C hinese society, on the other hand, argue that family obligations and filial sentiments have substantially weakened. The present paper will show that under conditions of cultural and social change in C hina filial behavior through family obligation continues to play an important role even though the conventions associated with the relevant expectations, attitudes and emotions have undergone significant change. The paper argues that the culture‐system develops not merely through an internal dynamic and that family obligation must be understood in terms of the social and material context in which it operates and the nature of the motivations and imagery of the people that practice it

Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Filial piety · Moral obligation · Obligation · Political science · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Theme (computing · Chinese history and philosophy · Cultural Differences and Values · Gender Studies · History · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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