Author : Li-Hua Zheng
Publisher : Éditions Le Manuscrit
ISBN 13 : 2304045634
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (4 download)
Book Synopsis How the Chinese See the Europeans by : Li-Hua Zheng
Download or read book How the Chinese See the Europeans written by Li-Hua Zheng and published by Éditions Le Manuscrit. This book was released on 2016-03-08T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a study carried out in Guangzhou (Canton), financed by the European Union and focusing on the perceptions that the Chinese have of Europe and Europeans. The perceptions tell us nothing or little about the social reality and the real behaviour of others. They are above all an implicit confrontation with the values of those who pronounce them. They act as a projection. Here, they express the framework of thought and implicit values of the Chinese, at the same time as they give a true idea of what the Chinese think of Europeans. It is the role of the social sciences to deconstruct these perceptions in order to objectivize them, that is to say put into perspective their link with the reality described. This done, it is possible to create a certain distance in relation to what is expressed, a certain relativism, the existence of which is necessary in an intercultural perspective.