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The ‘individualization of forms of life’: this concept, which is often used so casually, is in reality highly complex. I would like to begin by illustrating this with an observation made by Friedrich Schorlemmer, a theologian from Wittenberg, in 1993 after the collapse of the DDR.
Chapter 9 of this book has already been published in “Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 6(4): 61–73”. Mr. Beck received permission to re-print the information in this book.
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It would be more accurate to say that the figure of homo oeconomicus which became established along with the neoclassical, neoliberal global market regime is also creating a ‘Chinese relation’.
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Beck, U. (2014). Individualization is Eroding Traditions Worldwide: A Comparison Between Europe and China. In: Beck, U. (eds) Ulrich Beck. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04990-8_9
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