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ALTHOUGH CULTURE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL CONCEPTS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, THE DISCIPLINE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE WAS SLOW TO EXPLOIT IT IN SPITE OF ITS OBVIOUS RELEVANCE FOR MANY BASIC CONCERNS IN THE DISCIPLINE, SUCH AS LEGITIMACY, TRADITION, CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS, AND BASIC NATIONAL VALUES. HOWEVER, ONCE THE CONCEPT WAS ACCEPTED IN THE 1950S THERE WAS A DECADE OF INTENSE INTEREST IN CULTURAL ANALYSIS DURING WHICH LEADING FIGURES IN ALL THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ENGAGED IN BOLD THEORY-BUILDING. FOR VARIOUS REASONS INTEREST IN POLITICAL CULTURE DECLINED IN THE 1970S, BUT RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A REVIVAL OF WORK ON POLITICAL CULTURE. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A REVIEW OF THE EARLY HISTORY IN HOPES OF HELPING THE REVIVAL TO PROCEED ON A SOLID BASIS.

Chinese political culture is education in the character of Chinese civilization. Education in Chinese civilization is the cultivation of those Chinese characteristics unique to Chinese political life. Chinese education is therefore cultivation in the uniqueness of Chinese culture. The unity of Chinese political culture and the education characteristic of the Chinese cultivation of political life is its character. Chinese education in political life aims at the preservation of the unity of its character throughout its life, and it achieves the preservation of this unity through an education that cultivates political change that aims to preserve its life as the highest good. Here, Williams steps outside the West itself to look at Chinese political culture. Adapted from the source document.