Prof. Fei Xiaotong (费孝通; born 1910) has been researching and teaching on sociology and anthropology in China for almost six decades. Considered by some as one of China's finest sociologists and anthropologists, his works on these subjects were instrumental in laying a solid foundation for the development of sociological and anthropological studies in China. He is currently Professor of Sociology at Peking University.
Among Fei Xiaotong's contributions to anthropology is the concept that Chinese social relations work through social networks of personal relations with the self at the center and decreasing closeness as one moves out. Among the criticisms of Fei Xiaotong's work is that his work tended to ignore regional and temporal variations in Chinese behavior.
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Fei received his sociological training at Yenching University and Tsinghua University. He obtained his PhD from the University of London in England.
He taught at various universities in China and served in leading positions (Deputy President of the Institute of Central Nationalities, Deputy Director of the Institute of Nationalities of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).
He helped founding the Chinese Sociological Association which promotes sociological studies in China and is Honorary President of the Association.
His main works include:
Awards include:
Fei has also made significant contributions to the development of the China's rural economy.
He holds a number of political positions, although these are mostly honorary, and he is considered by most to be active politically.
Information taken from a press release of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, reworked.
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