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Zusatztext As an introduction for non-China specialists to the anarchic nature of both radical Daoism and the most radical critiques of contemporary Chinese communism, Rapp's book is especially valuable...Rapp's new volume contributes helpfully to a growing body of studies on this issue. Informationen zum Autor John A. Rapp is Professor of Political Science at Beloit College, USA where he founded the Asian Studies program and served as chair of the Political Science department. His teaching interests include Chinese politics, Communist and post-Communist systems, comparative democracies, and Chinese and comparative political thought. He coauthored Autocracy and China's Rebel Founding Emperors (with Anita Andrew) and has published in many journals, including Anarchist Studies and the Journal of Comparative Asian Development. This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies examines anarchist themes in ancient and modern Chinese dissident political thought. Zusammenfassung This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies examines anarchist themes in ancient and modern Chinese dissident political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPRELUDEPART ONE: DAOISMChapter 1: Daoism and AnarchismChapter 2: Daoism and UtopianismChapter 3: Daoism as Utopian or Accommodationist: The Guodian Challenge to Daoist AnarchismChapter 4: Daoism as Anarchism or Nihilism: The Buddhist-influenced Thought of Wu NengziINTERLUDE: Chapter 5: The 20th Century Chinese Anarchist MovementPART TWO: ANARCHISM Chapter 6: Maoism and AnarchismChapter 7: Denunciations of Anarchism in the PRCChapter 8: Neo-Anarchist Critiques of Marxism in the PRC, Part 1: Extra Party DissidentsChapter 9: Neo-Anarchist Critiques of Marxism in the PRC, Part 2: Inner Party DemocratsPOSTLUDE: Lessons of Daoist AnarchismAPPENDICES: Works of Daoist Anarchism1: Zhuangzi , Chapter Nine, "Horses' Hoofs"2: Ruan Ji, "Biography of Master Great Man"3: Bao Jingyan, untitled tract4: Tao Qian, "Peach Blossom Spring"5: The Wunengzi (Master of No Abilities)BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX...
