Gifts, favors, and banquets: the art of social relationships in China
In: The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
Guanxixue and Chinese Culture. The Postrevolutionary Decline and Rise of Guanxixue. From "Use-Value" to "Exchange-Value": The Entrance of Market Forces. The Art of Guanxi Does Not Retreat -- 5. The Political Economy of Gift Relations. The Techniques of Power in the State Redistributive Economy. Countertechniques in the Gift Economy. Propositions -- 6. "Using the Past to Negate the Present": Ritual Ethics and State Rationality in Ancient China. "Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius" A Reinterpretation of the Past -- 7. The Cult of Mao, Guanxi Subjects, and the Return of the Individual. A Sweep of Red: State Subjects and the Cult of Mao. The Return of the Individual Subject. Guanxi Subjectivity of Addition and Subtraction -- 8. Rhizomatic Networks and the Fabric of an Emerging Minjian in China. In-between the Individual and Society. In-between the Individual and Groups or Associations. Rhizomatic Kinship and Guanxi Polity: From Guanxi Networks to a Minjian -- Conclusion: Back to the Source