[lbo-talk] Satanic mills redux

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] Even if true, it is unlikely it will lead to greater labor
militancy and organizing in China.  If anything comes out of it, it
more likely will result in a return to some form of traditionalism
mixed with religion.  Thomas and Znaniecki document such outcome in
_The Polish Peasant in Europe and America_ .  It is important to keep
in mind three critical elements of this process - (i) the original
traditionalism and collectivism of the social group (ii) undercutting
of that traditionalism and collectivism by "modernization" (in
whatever form) and (iii) reaction to unsuccessful adaptation to
"modernization" that results in reverting to an idealized version of
past traditionalism.  Janine Wedel (ed.) describe a similar process in
socialist Poland.  I am pretty sure there are more anthropological
accounts of this process. Shag?

But then, who knows?  South Korea is the place of strong social
movements, which illustrates the possibility of a different outcome,
but it is a very different society than China.

Wojtek

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Julio Huato <juliohuato at gmail.com> wrote:
> A Chinese visiting scholar in the U.S., friend of a close friend of
> mine, just returned from a brief trip to China.  She told my friend
> that the impact of OWS on China is "tremendous."  Ideological
> "neoliberalism" in China -- which exercises a strong influence among
> the urban "middle class," the academy, etc. -- is now going on the
> defensive.
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