This groundbreaking study examines the cultural manifestations of envy in China during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, a period of unprecedented economic and social change.
This groundbreaking study examines the cultural manifestations of envy in China during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, a period of unprecedented economic and social change.
Zhang Hui is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Renmin University of China. She gained her PhD at the London School of Economics, UK and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Rome (Sapienza) and University of Warsaw for cross-cultural studies. Her research interests include anthropology of emotion, economic anthropology and urbanisation.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. The public discourse on envy after 1978 3. Windfall wealth and malicious envy 4. Admiring envy and coveted wealth 5. The ethics of avoiding envy and being rich 6. Luck, fate, auspiciousness, and the changing perceptions of wealth 7. Transcending envy and the hope for the family 8. Conclusion: Towards an anthropological theory of envy
1. Introduction 2. The public discourse on envy after 1978 3. Windfall wealth and malicious envy 4. Admiring envy and coveted wealth 5. The ethics of avoiding envy and being rich 6. Luck, fate, auspiciousness, and the changing perceptions of wealth 7. Transcending envy and the hope for the family 8. Conclusion: Towards an anthropological theory of envy
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