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Muslims as "Hui" in Late Imperial and Republican China: A Historical Reconsideration of Social Differentiation and Identity Construction
Muslime als Hui im spät-imperialen und republikanischen China
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Abstract As a minority in China, Muslims have had to deal with a twofold problem: maintaining the boundary of their group and integrating into larger society. The various responses to this problem in different contexts and under different circumstances are evident in various group identity configurations. Ba... view more
As a minority in China, Muslims have had to deal with a twofold problem: maintaining the boundary of their group and integrating into larger society. The various responses to this problem in different contexts and under different circumstances are evident in various group identity configurations. Based on Stausberg, it is proposed that the ways the identities are constructed refer to the dynamics of various types of social differentiation. The author argues that there were divergent identity configurations among Muslim elites regarding their identity sign Huihui in late imperial and post-imperial China, with the former constructed in the direction of religiosity and the latter in the direction of secularity. In the concluding remark, the author suggests a theoretical account of his empirical observation by drawing on elements of Luhmann’s theory of social differentiation.... view less
Keywords
minority policy; Islam; functional analysis; historical analysis; discourse analysis; ethnicity; identity formation; Luhmann, N.; nation state; secularization; religiousness; social differentiation; cultural identity; minority; China; text analysis
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
Hui identity; late imperial and Republican China; religionization; ethnization; social differentiation; multiple secularities
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 226-263
Journal
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 3
Issue topic
Islamicate Secularities in Past and Present
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed