Becoming Laborers

IF 1.3 1区 社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES
Ping Zhu
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Abstract

This article shows that the construction of the notion of dignified laborer during the Chinese New Culture Movement (1915–24) was not simply a reversal of preexisting social hierarchy that placed the mental laborers above the manual laborers but rather a complex and profound process of identity formation that created dynamic equalization between the national and the global, mental laborers and manual laborers, as well as men and women. Through reading a series of cultural and literary works, this article shows that the dignified laborer was an inclusive modern identity that gained traction during the New Culture Movement, when the Chinese intellectuals sought ways to foster national solidarity, realize the full potential of humanity, facilitate intersubjective understanding, and mend social divisions. As a result, this was a period when Chinese people from all walks vied to become laborers with dignity, amidst a rising democratic culture of reciprocal equal recognition.
成为劳动者
本文表明,中国新文化运动(1915–24)期间尊严劳动者概念的构建并不仅仅是对先前存在的将脑力劳动者置于体力劳动者之上的社会等级制度的逆转,而是一个复杂而深刻的身份形成过程,它在国家和全球之间创造了动态的平等,脑力劳动者和体力劳动者,以及男性和女性。通过阅读一系列文化和文学作品,本文表明,有尊严的劳动者是一种包容性的现代身份,在新文化运动期间获得了吸引力,当时中国知识分子寻求培养民族团结、充分发挥人类潜力、促进主体间理解和修复社会分裂的方法。因此,在一个相互平等承认的民主文化不断兴起的时期,各行各业的中国人都争着成为有尊严的劳动者。
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CiteScore
2.70
自引率
5.30%
发文量
193
期刊介绍: The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the field of Asian studies for over 65 years. JAS publishes the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. Experts around the world turn to this quarterly journal for the latest in-depth scholarship on Asia"s past and present, for its extensive book reviews, and for its state-of-the-field essays on established and emerging topics. With coverage reaching from South and Southeast Asia to China, Inner Asia, and Northeast Asia, JAS welcomes broad comparative and transnational studies as well as essays emanating from fine-grained historical, cultural, political, or literary research and interpretation.
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