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Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China

Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China 58 Book Reviews describes is possible and operative within the Burmese meditative context, but she makes no attempt at constructing such an argument and, regrettably, lets the issue pass by without comment. On the whole, however, Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement is an excellent book for which it is difficult to find significant fault. In marrying together an insightful analysis of Burmese social and political conditions with a thoughtful consideration of how traditional Buddhist concepts and practices are coming into play in the contemporary context, Jordt presents a rich and illuminating account of modern Burma that has much to offer the reader. JORDAN JOHNSON Department of Religious Studies Arizona State University # 2008 Jordan Johnson Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China CAROLYN L. HSU Durham and London, Duke University Press, 2007 ix225 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-82234-036-2, US$21.95 (paper) As the rest of the world attempts to understand what the Chinese leadership means by upholding ‘market socialism’ (an apparent oxymoron), Chinese themselves have been trying to make sense of the new institutional settings of the reform era. Although official narratives reformulated the moral order away from ideology and political capital towards economic and human http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Taylor & Francis

Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China

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Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China

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58 Book Reviews describes is possible and operative within the Burmese meditative context, but she makes no attempt at constructing such an argument and, regrettably, lets the issue pass by without comment. On the whole, however, Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement is an excellent book for which it is difficult to find significant fault. In marrying together an insightful analysis of Burmese social and political conditions with a thoughtful consideration of how traditional Buddhist...
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Taylor & Francis
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1740-9314
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1444-2213
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10.1080/14442210802651770
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Abstract

58 Book Reviews describes is possible and operative within the Burmese meditative context, but she makes no attempt at constructing such an argument and, regrettably, lets the issue pass by without comment. On the whole, however, Burma’s Mass Lay Meditation Movement is an excellent book for which it is difficult to find significant fault. In marrying together an insightful analysis of Burmese social and political conditions with a thoughtful consideration of how traditional Buddhist concepts and practices are coming into play in the contemporary context, Jordt presents a rich and illuminating account of modern Burma that has much to offer the reader. JORDAN JOHNSON Department of Religious Studies Arizona State University # 2008 Jordan Johnson Creating Market Socialism: How Ordinary People are Shaping Class and Status in China CAROLYN L. HSU Durham and London, Duke University Press, 2007 ix225 pp., ISBN-13: 978-0-82234-036-2, US$21.95 (paper) As the rest of the world attempts to understand what the Chinese leadership means by upholding ‘market socialism’ (an apparent oxymoron), Chinese themselves have been trying to make sense of the new institutional settings of the reform era. Although official narratives reformulated the moral order away from ideology and political capital towards economic and human

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The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology – Taylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 2009

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