He said his experience was typical of "involution" in China today. Originally an anthropological term, "involution", or "neijuan" in Chinese - literally translated to an inward curling - refers to ...

Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett Deleuze focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21s centuries, but on cosmopolitan, ...

What actually is lying flat? How has its meaning shifted, and what does it have to do with COVID-19, a “Buddhist-like mindset” and the problem of so-called “involution”? Here, we will explore these ...

The lack of innovation had two main causes: not enough emphasis on developing talent; and sporadic frenzies in research fields leading to nei juan, or involution, Yu was quoted as saying in a ...

and avoid 'involution' and 'laying flat'," he wrote. None of these tensions between generations are unique to China. In both the US and Europe, economists are describing a 'Great Resignation ...