The academic sociologists and the state in Republican China: the case of Sun Benwen.

Au-Yeung Chi-ying.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.Includqes bibliographical references (leaves 143-161).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTIONThe Issue --- p.1The Case of Sun Ben wen --- p.10Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- CULTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGEChapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.19Chapter 2.2 --- Cultural Environment and Social Life --- p.20Chapter 2.3 --- Social Change As Cultural Change --- p.24Chapter 2.4 --- Culture and Social Change in Modern China --- p.28Chapter 2.5 --- Social Progress: Towards a Modern Society --- p.33Chapter 2.6 --- Social Reconstruction: Man Made Social Changes --- p.38Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion --- p.39Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN MODERN CHINA: CULTURE AND POLITICSChapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.41Chapter 3.2 --- Defining Social Problems --- p.43Chapter 3.3 --- Cultural Maladjustment: The Cause of Social Problems in Modern China --- p.44Chapter 3.4 --- Rural Problem: A Cultural Problem --- p.50Economic ProblemsEducational ProblemsProblems of Public HealthProblems of Collective Organizational FormsChapter 3.5 --- Rural Problem: A Political Problem --- p.59Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.62Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- "SOCIOLOGISTS AND THE STATE: THE CASE OF THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY"Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.64Chapter 4.2 --- "Establishment of the Sociology Department, 1928 " --- p.65Chapter 4.3 --- Closures of the Sociology Department in the 1930s --- p.73The 1932 CrisisThe 1936 CrisisChapter 4.4 --- "The Ministry of Society and the Re-opening of the Sociology Department, 1941 " --- p.82Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.89Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- LIMITED ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC SOCIOLOGISTS IN REPUBLICAN CHINAChapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.92Chapter 5.2 --- Sun Benwen's Cultural Eclecticism --- p.93Liang Shuming's Cultural ConservatismChen Xujing's Wholesale WesternizationSun Benwen's Cultural EclecticismChapter 5.3 --- Academic Sociologists in the Chinese Sociological Society --- p.103The Liberal Independent Critic GroupThe Chinese Sociological SocietyChapter 5.4 --- Limited Achievements of the Sociology Department --- p.115Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.125Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSIONProblems of the Nationalist Government --- p.127Limitations of the Academic Sociologists --- p.135SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.143GLOSSARY --- p.16