Kin-based solidarity in China hindered modern capitalist development
Evidence
A parallel conclusion must be reached about kinship, for reasons already adduced. The demonstration that kin ties of certain kinds remain strong in some contexts in modern societies hardly means that kinship plays the role it once did in structuring day-to-day life for the majority. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 279 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Protestant ethics shattered kinship bonds that blocked modern economies; Ethical religions broke kinship bonds to enable modern economic development; Family labour fails where kinship organization fails to migrate (+4 more)
Related
- Protestant ethics shattered kinship bonds that blocked modern economies (similarity 0.86)
- Ethical religions broke kinship bonds to enable modern economic development (similarity 0.86)
- Protestant sects shattered kin-based bonds enabling modern economy (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Ethical religions broke kinship bonds to enable modern economic development
#corroborates(0.92) - Protestant sects shattered kin-based bonds enabling modern economy
#corroborates(0.90) - Capitalism extended feudal relations rather than negating them
#complicates(0.75) - Modern kinship no longer structures daily life for most people
#complicates(0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 279 - Kinship-based trust fails when its sanctioning institutions do not migrate
#corroborates(0.72) - Family labour fails where kinship organization fails to migrate
#exemplifies(0.70)