LEADER 04321nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910826216603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7748-5087-6 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774850872 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246762 035 $a(OCoLC)180772835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10113915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273193 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317696 035 $a(PQKB)10863270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404311 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521114 035 $a(OCoLC)ocm53355645 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412075 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10113915 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/x6zjcb 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/404311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412075 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3242623 035 $a(DE-B1597)661464 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774850872 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246762 100 $a20040428d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aObedient autonomy $eChinese intellectuals and the achievement of orderly life /$fErika E.S. Evasdottir 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary Chinese studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0929-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-292) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tAutonomy and Autonomies -- $tThe Social Contract -- $tThe Rule of Law -- $tThe Separation of Powers -- $tMajority Rule -- $tInterest Groups -- $tMinority Rights -- $tThe Pursuit of Happiness -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary of Chinese Terms -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn the west, the idea of autonomy is often associated with a sense of freedom -- a self-interested state of being unfettered by rules or obligations to others. This original anthropological study explores a type of "obedient" autonomy that thrives on setbacks, blossoms as more rules are imposed, and flourishes in adversity. Obedient Autonomy analyzes this model, and explains its precepts through examining the specialized and highly organized discipline of archaeology in China. The book follows Chinese students on their journey to becoming full-fledged archaeologists in a bureaucracy-saturated environment. Often required to travel in teams to the countryside, archaeologists are uniquely obliged to overcome divisions among themselves, between themselves and their peasant-workers, and between themselves and bureaucratic officials. This analysis reveals how these interactions provide teachers of archaeology with stories used to foster obedient autonomy in their students. Moreover, it demonstrates how this form of autonomy enables a person to order and control their future careers in what appears to be a disorderly and uncertain world. A masterly contextualization of archaeology in China, Obedient Autonomy shows how the discipline has accommodated itself to a Chinese social structure, and uncovers the moral, ethical, political, and economic underpinnings of that context. It will be accessible to students of anthropology even as it will provoke Euro-American archaeologists and interest social theorists of science, philosophers, gender theorists, and students of Chinese society. 410 0$aContemporary Chinese studies. 606 $aInterpersonal relations$zChina 606 $aIntellectuals$zChina$vCase studies 606 $aArchaeologists$zChina$vCase studies 606 $aSocial structure$zChina$vCase studies 606 $aSocial control$zChina$vCase studies 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y1976-2000 615 0$aInterpersonal relations 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aArchaeologists 615 0$aSocial structure 615 0$aSocial control 676 $a305.5/52095109045 700 $aEvasdottir$b Erika E. S.$f1968-$01623689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826216603321 996 $aObedient autonomy$93958246 997 $aUNINA