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Seventy years after the Chinese Revolution of 1949, what remains of Mao's communist legacy?
Afterlives of Chinese Communism comprises essays from over fifty world-renowned scholars in the China field, from various disciplines and continents. It provides an indispensable guide for understanding how the Mao era continues to shape Chinese politics today. Each chapter discusses a concept or practice from the Mao period, what it attempted to do, and what has become of it since. The authors respond to the legacy of Maoism from numerous perspectives to consider what lessons Chinese communism can offer today, and whether there is a future for the egalitarian politics that it once promised.
A joint publication between Verso Books and ANU Press.
About the author
Christian Sorace is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado College. He is the author of Shaken Authority, and the co-editor of Afterlives of Chinese Communism. His current research focuses on the crisis of democracy, air pollution, and urbanisation in Mongolia.Ivan Franceschini is a lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. His current research focuses on ethnic Chinese transnational crime, especially in the field of online fraud. He co-founded the Made in China Journal and The People's Map of Global China/ Global China Pulse. His books include Proletarian China (2022), Global China as Method (2022), and Afterlives of Chinese Communism (2019). He also co-directed the documentaries Dreamwork China (2011) and Boramey (2021).
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All of the essays are well worth reading, teasing out the theory and reality of a different Maoist concept. John Gittings LA Review of Books
