Insight into Academic Style in China

Author: Li Xingmin
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: From 2000 to 2001, the journal Dialectics of Nature ran a column titled "Discussions on Academic Norms and Academic Style Construction" for over a year, publishing more than 60 articles. Seeing the Big Picture: An Insight into the Academic Style in China was compiled based on this column. The book is divided into five parts: "Overview of Deviation," "Analysis of Causes," "Building Norms," "Moral Rectification," and "Academic Self-Discipline."
The first part is a major exposure of the various ugly "deviations" in academia. The second part analyzes the causes of declining academic standards from different perspectives: external factors lie in the unhealthy influences of the social and cultural environment on academia; internal factors include the dominance of administrative will in Chinese academia, a lack of necessary independence and autonomy, which has hindered the establishment of academic norms conducive to healthy development, as well as the weak sense of self-discipline among academics.
The third, fourth, and fifth parts propose a series of measures and suggestions to eliminate abuses and correct academic style from different angles, such as addressing both symptoms and root causes, as well as self-discipline versus external regulation. One of the advantages of this book is that it features contributions from multiple authors, each offering perspectives from different angles, making it highly inspiring and valuable for reference.