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Article: Chinese New Age milieu and the emergence of homo sentimentalis in the People’s Republic

TitleChinese New Age milieu and the emergence of homo sentimentalis in the People’s Republic
Authors
KeywordsNew Age
self-help
emotions
Chinese self-cultivation
therapeutic governing
Issue Date2021
PublisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105836
Citation
China Information, 2021, v. 35 n. 1, p. 89-108 How to Cite?
AbstractThe accelerating speed of economic, social, and cultural reforms in the past three decades in mainland China has created an atmosphere of moral uncertainty that encouraged many people to search for happiness by turning inwards. Shen xin ling (身心灵, translated as Body-Heart-Soul) fever refers to the growing interest among Chinese urbanites in various seminars that creatively transform the guiding principles of the Euro-American New Age movement, incorporating China into transnational networks of alternative spiritualities. This anthropological investigation into the shen xin ling milieu locates its genealogy in the progression of several post-Maoist self-cultivation fevers, most notably the recent ‘psycho-boom’. It focuses on Chinese New Agers’ practices of emotional release, conceptualizing them as ‘psy-venting’ spaces where the emotions that could result in resentment at those who perpetuate structural inequalities are released, dispersed, and channelled back to the individual. In so doing, these affective flows become carriers for Chinese state discourses related to therapeutic governing. This process is characterized by tensions as shen xin ling practitioners find themselves positioned at the intersections of state-endorsed discourses on consumerism, entrepreneurialism, the re-traditionalization of gender roles, and anxieties over multilevel marketing schemes and accusations of ‘evil cult’.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291084
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.771
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dc.contributor.authorIskra, A-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T05:51:20Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-02T05:51:20Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationChina Information, 2021, v. 35 n. 1, p. 89-108-
dc.identifier.issn0920-203X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291084-
dc.description.abstractThe accelerating speed of economic, social, and cultural reforms in the past three decades in mainland China has created an atmosphere of moral uncertainty that encouraged many people to search for happiness by turning inwards. Shen xin ling (身心灵, translated as Body-Heart-Soul) fever refers to the growing interest among Chinese urbanites in various seminars that creatively transform the guiding principles of the Euro-American New Age movement, incorporating China into transnational networks of alternative spiritualities. This anthropological investigation into the shen xin ling milieu locates its genealogy in the progression of several post-Maoist self-cultivation fevers, most notably the recent ‘psycho-boom’. It focuses on Chinese New Agers’ practices of emotional release, conceptualizing them as ‘psy-venting’ spaces where the emotions that could result in resentment at those who perpetuate structural inequalities are released, dispersed, and channelled back to the individual. In so doing, these affective flows become carriers for Chinese state discourses related to therapeutic governing. This process is characterized by tensions as shen xin ling practitioners find themselves positioned at the intersections of state-endorsed discourses on consumerism, entrepreneurialism, the re-traditionalization of gender roles, and anxieties over multilevel marketing schemes and accusations of ‘evil cult’.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105836-
dc.relation.ispartofChina Information-
dc.rightsAuthor(s), Contribution Title, Journal Title (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [DOI number].-
dc.subjectNew Age-
dc.subjectself-help-
dc.subjectemotions-
dc.subjectChinese self-cultivation-
dc.subjecttherapeutic governing-
dc.titleChinese New Age milieu and the emergence of homo sentimentalis in the People’s Republic-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailIskra, A: iskra@HKUCC-COM.hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0920203X20939238-
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dc.identifier.hkuros317726-
dc.identifier.volume35-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spage89-
dc.identifier.epage108-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000552222800001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0920-203X-

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