This article reflects on the comparable dimensions of scholarly competition in what the author names "late post-revolutionary societies," in this case China, France and the US. In this essay, Jean-Baptiste Pettier tracks the emergence of an "authoritarian-caring" parenting style in the three societies and suggests to link this elite educational strategy with the equalitarianism ethos of the revolutions which these societies previously experienced. The author maintains that the revolutionary opposition to inherited privilege paradoxically transformed higher education and marriage into ultra-competitive open markets.
Regionalgruppe China(s), DGSKA
Ethnologie Chinas 