Education and Social Selection in Ancient China: Semantics, Conceptual Transformation and Social Change

Autor/in	Wu, Meiyao
Titel	Education and Social Selection in Ancient China: Semantics, Conceptual Transformation and Social Change
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 51 (2015) 3, S.247-263 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2014.934383
Schlagwörter	Social Change; Foreign Countries; Semantics; Sociology; Archaeology; Asian Culture; Educational History; Confucianism; Social Systems; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Semantik; Soziologie; Archäologie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Konfuzianismus; Social system; Soziales System
Abstract	This paper investigates the transformation in the Zhou dynasty China (1046-256 BC) of the concept of education in relation to the process of social selection, which concerns the distribution both of knowledge and of social ranks. An approach in terms of historical semantics, mainly influenced by Luhmannian sociological theory with some reference to Koselleck, will place the focus on social change and the changing meaning of concepts. The analysed sources include archaeological evidence and passages from traditional classics. The paper will show how the semantics of education were closely tied to the changing principles of social selection and the changing Chinese cultural concept of "Tian" (Heaven). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01