KNOWLEDGE WARS
The Global Competition between
Self-Help Gurus and Institutional Authorities
Eric C. Hendriks
Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines
Doktors der Philosophic der Universitat Mannheim
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Contents
Preface
i
1.
Introduction
4
2.
Cultural Fields in the Public Sphere
17
3.
The Persistence of National Regimes
25
4.
Global Popular Culture and Self-Help
37
5.
Lines of Conflict
58
6. The German Self-Help Field
70
7.
Clashing into Germany's Corporatist Welfare Regime
99
8.
The Chinese Self-Help Field
118
9.
Coexisting with China's Institutional Authorities
157
10. Conclusion
168
Appendix: Note on Method
175
Bibliography
183
Notes
192