Spiritual World,Social World and Chaxugeju:Rereading Weber's The Religion of China
In his the Religion of China,Max Weber built on his analytical framework in the Protestant Ethic and the"Spirit"of Capitalism,and argued that Confucian ethic suppressed the rise of modern capitalism in traditional China.Weber's framework establishes the link between the spiritual world and the social world;that is,religious ethics influence everyday life practice.He explained the rise of capitalism in the West in light of the influence of the Protestant ethic on economic and social activities.Yet,when he turned attention to China,Weber mainly focused on the scholar-officials'spiritual world and paid scant attention to their social world.In this article I reexamine Weber's thesis,and propose to make sense of the mentality of the scholar-officials and Chinese people in the interactions between their spiritual world and social world.I emphasize the importance of Chaxugeju as the logic of action in everyday life practice,which suggests a new approach and a set of new research agenda.
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