Cultural Values as Instruments for Economic Modernization: Nationalism and Ideology in Taiwan
| dc.contributor.author | Coffey, Courtney | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-29T19:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-09-29T19:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Arizona Anthropologist 10:53-72. © 1993 Association of Student Anthropologists Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1062-1601 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/112063 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Native commentators on Taiwan's recent industrialization consider culture to be a key factor in the nation's modernization drive. Indigenous writers present Chinese culture as not only economically fit but also morally superior to other nations. Such presentations are based on an idealized view of a Confucian society, which includes assumptions about the state as cultural guide and model. In presenting Chinese culture as a key to modernization, the writers also contribute to certain ideological projects. Legitimation of the government, paternalistic claims on citizens and workers by the state and employers, and the rhetorical war against communism arc some of the tacit agendas I discuss. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology | en_US |
| dc.title | Cultural Values as Instruments for Economic Modernization: Nationalism and Ideology in Taiwan | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.journal | Arizona Anthropologist | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-21T20:00:56Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Native commentators on Taiwan's recent industrialization consider culture to be a key factor in the nation's modernization drive. Indigenous writers present Chinese culture as not only economically fit but also morally superior to other nations. Such presentations are based on an idealized view of a Confucian society, which includes assumptions about the state as cultural guide and model. In presenting Chinese culture as a key to modernization, the writers also contribute to certain ideological projects. Legitimation of the government, paternalistic claims on citizens and workers by the state and employers, and the rhetorical war against communism arc some of the tacit agendas I discuss. |
