The China Quarterly · 1973 · 26 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesHistoryInternational RelationsAsian StudiesCultural ChangeCultural HistoryChinese StudiesCultural GlobalizationCultural IdentityCultural TransformationEast Asian StudiesModern ChinaChinese Intellectual HistoryChinese NationalismChinese SocietyCultural Change ProcessesCultural Value ChangeIntercultural AttitudesInternational Relations HistoryInternational Relations Theory
The object of this article is to examine changing Chinese attitudes to their place in the world from a Chinese historical and intellectual perspective, in order to provide a basis for anticipating developments in the future attuned more to a Chinese than to a western point of view. The question immediately arises whether such a perspective is in any way relevant to the recent theory and practice of international relations in the People's Republic of China, and what insights, if any, such a perspective may provide for discussing the future. This is a controversial subject concerned with the nature of cultural change, and the extent to which " imprinting" from a long continuity of accepted social and cultural values can psychologically condition people even after a decisive break in that tradition appears to have occurred .