Realistic Revolution - Contesting Chinese History, Culture, and Politics After 1989

Realistic Revolution covers the major Chinese intellectual debates on radicalism in history, culture, and politics after 1989 from a transnational perspective. Interdisciplinary and comprehensive, the book is relevant for anyone with an interest in modern China, including historians, intellectual historians, political scientists and sociologists.

List of contents

Dedication; Acknowledgements; Notes on transliteration; Abbreviations; 1. Goodbye radicalism: the early 1990s; 2. Neo-conservatism and doing things with Isms; 3. Xiao Gongqin and the 'Yan Fu Paradox'; 4. A tale of two revolutions; 5. Chen Lai and the 'Max Weber dilemma'; 6. Of post-Isms and May Fourth; 7. The double nature of realistic revolution; Biographies of prominent intellectuals; Glossary; References.

About the author

Els van Dongen is Assistant Professor of History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Summary

Realistic Revolution covers the major Chinese intellectual debates on radicalism in history, culture, and politics after 1989 from a transnational perspective. Interdisciplinary and comprehensive, the book is relevant for anyone with an interest in modern China, including historians, intellectual historians, political scientists and sociologists.

Product details

• Authors: Els van Dongen, Els van Dongen, Els (Nanyang Technological University Van Dongen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108431729
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43172-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; China, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Asia / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Political Geography, Asian History, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Constitution: government & the state, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Constitution: government and the state, Centrist democratic ideologies