Thursday, April 7, 2011

THE WORD OF THE WEEK - "gongmin" CITIZEN

The introduction of the word citizen (gongmin) in China was also slower than the formation of civil society. Before understanding the concept, it was necessary for the Chinese traditional overcome an obstacle: the Confucian sages do not conceive that the individual in his relationship to others as a social unit consisting of: family, clan, state.

Chinese culture has no religious references to transcend the individual. To create the citizen, it was necessary to facilitate the empowerment of the individual.

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