Chinese Sociologists in the First Half of the 20th Century

This book offers a biographical, intellectual and academic history of sociology in the late Qing and Republic of China period. The 46 sociologists featured in this volume are chosen from the pantheon of notable scholars who labored in this burgeoning field. Each of the 46 chapters is devoted to introducing one sociologist. Every chapter begins with a short biography that sheds light on how one sociologist became the scholar they were and earned their place in not only sociology, but also, for some of them, other fields in the social sciences and the humanities. This is followed by a review and analysis of the representative works by this sociologist, and how those laid the foundation for and contributed to the early development of a particular field of research in sociology as we know it today. The book weaves together a history of this academic discipline in China over those turbulent decades that organically combines personal details, methodological development, institutional changes and also larger social, economic and intellectual trends.

Auteur

Li Peilin is Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association, and Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Studies. He received his master's degree from Université de Lyon in 1984 and Ph.D. from Paris-Sorbonne in 1987. He has published extensively on sociology in China, and his major works are Social Stratification in China, Social Conflict and Class Consciousness, Social Transformation and Chinese Experiences, etc.

Qu Jingdong is associate dean of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, professor of the Department of Sociology, Pekinig University, and serves as Ph.D. supervisor. Qu's research interests include history of Western social thoughts, history of Chinese sociology and organizational sociology. Qu is the author of Freedom and Education: Reading Two Philosophical Texts on Education of John Locke and Jean-Jarques Rousseau(2019) and others.

Yang Yabin is professor of Institution of Society, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), director of China United Front Theory Research Association, and serves as deputy president of Beijing Sociological Association. Yang's research interests include religious and society and history of Chinese sociology. Yang is the author of Modern Chinese Sociology(2001) and others.