Modernization and Cultural Resistance

Author: Yi Junqing
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The distinction between the everyday world and the non-everyday world is not only reflected in the realm of activities but more significantly in the intrinsic activity patterns. Generally speaking, the everyday world is an autonomous, undifferentiated, and naturally operating domain. From the perspective of internal structure and fundamental patterns, (1) it is an activity realm dominated by repetitive thinking and repetitive practices; (2) it exhibits a dominant inclination toward empiricism, primarily operating spontaneously through traditional customs, experience, and common sense; (3) it demonstrates a strong naturalistic hue, supported and sustained by survival instincts, blood ties, and natural sensibilities; (4) it manifests as a spontaneously organized and self-operating system, where the family, autonomous moral concepts, and religion play significant roles. The Modernization and Cultural Resistance serves as a companion volume to The Modernization and Critique of Everyday Life, representing an attempt to analyze the social and cultural structures and patterns during China's transitional period using the theoretical framework of everyday life critique.