Constructing China - Clashing Views of the People''s Republic

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world. In light of this phenomenon, how are our understandings of China produced? From West to East, Mobo Gao interrogates knowledge production; rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between the Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism. By examining issues such as the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment and neoliberalism, national interest vested in Western scholarship, representations of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and the South China Sea. The book asks: what is China? Who are the ethnic and the political Chinese? How is contemporary China is constructed?By dissecting the political agenda and conceptual framework of commentators on China, Gao provocatively urges those not only on the right but also on the Left to be self-critical of their views on Chinese politics, economics and history.

About the author

Mobo Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Adelaide and the author of Constructing China (Pluto, 2018), The Battle for China's Past (Pluto, 2008).

Summary

How media and government across the globe manipulate our understanding of China

Product details

• Authors: Mobo Gao, Gao Mobo, Mobo Gau
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2018
• EAN: 9780745399812
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-9981-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; China, Media Studies, Political Ideologies, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Comparative Politics, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Political ideologies and movements, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, For higher / tertiary / university education