Mon 10 Dec, 2012 11:15 pm - Thanks for the links.
If you or anyone is interested....
I've stumbled across a book called [i]History of Imperial China : China's Cosmopolitan Empire : The Tang Dynasty[/i] by Lewis,... (view)
Sun 9 Dec, 2012 11:33 am - [quote]It'd be great if you have articles supporting it.[/quote]
That came out wrong. I was meaning to say if you know any journal articles, titles will do, of why foot binding became... (view)
Sun 9 Dec, 2012 11:07 am - Thanks for your input.
Many customs are not rooted in sanity, I agree. It'd be great if you have articles supporting it. I was searching for cultural differentials, and I've coming... (view)
Sun 9 Dec, 2012 10:50 am - Well join the club. I'm supposing the uncommented thumbs-down individuals don't approve of this behavior as well. Good for them. LOL. (view)
Sun 9 Dec, 2012 10:24 am - Late in the T'ang Dynasty (618-906) foot binding begin, and upon the wake of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty (960-1297), foot binding gradually spread through the upper class, and this stayed... (view)
Sat 8 Dec, 2012 11:35 pm - Bringing manufacturing to America is definitely a positive thing. While true that manufacturing is far cheaper in China, off shoring raises the price of their logistics, and companies pay a lot... (view)
Sat 8 Dec, 2012 09:51 pm - Recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that it's going to make some computers in America. A negative reaction is in effect seeing the stocks took a bit of a plunge.
Before this... (view)
Sat 8 Dec, 2012 01:23 pm - Interesting that you question the importance of identity.
I'm not convinced by the idea that identity is not important.
It seems you're taking a reductionist approach to create a straw... (view)
Sat 8 Dec, 2012 01:01 pm - [quote]"Rev though you're in for a lot of static that's really well put, according to the general principle that nothing is entirely anything while everything is partly something... (view)
Sat 8 Dec, 2012 12:56 pm - [quote="fresco"]
Identity is about continuity of [i]functionality[/i] which resides in the [i]interaction[/i] of individual with context. Some have even suggested that the social context... (view)