Description
This book employs multiple case studies to explore how the Chinese communist revolution began as an ideology-oriented intellectual movement aimed at improving society before China's transformation into a state that suppresses dissenting voices by outsourcing its power of coercion and incarceration.
The author examines the movement's methods of early self-organization, grass-roots level engagement, creation of new modes of expression and popular art forms, manipulation of collective memory, and invention of innovative ways of mass incarceration. Covering developments from 1920 to 1970, the book considers a wide range of Chinese individuals and groups, from early Marxists to political prisoners in the PRC, to illustrate a dynamic, interactive process in which the state and individuals contend with each other. It argues that revolutionary practices in modern China have created a regime that can be conceptualized as an "ideology-military-propaganda" state that prompts further reflection on the relationships between revolution and the state, the state and collective articulation and memory, and the state and reflective individuals in a global context.
Illustrating the continuity of the Chinese revolution and past decades' socialist practices and mechanisms, this study is an ideal resource for scholars of Chinese history, politics, and twentieth-century revolutions.
Author: Guo Wu
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/06/2023
Pages: 170
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781032576206
ISBN10: 1032576200
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | China
- History | Modern | 21st Century
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
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