Self as Method - Biao Xiang Qi Wu Kartoniert (TB)

Despite China's rise to the status of global power many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book available in open access provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China's young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xiang Biao a social anthropologist and Wu Qi a rising journalist the book probes how China has reached its current stage and how young people can make changes. The conversations touch on issues of mobility education family relations between the self and the authority centers and margins China and the world. The Chinese version was named the most impactful book of 2021 by Douban China's premier website for rating books films and music. The English version is translated by David Ownby who also penned an introduction.