Sentimental Republic - Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past

How does emotion shape public intellectual debate? In Sentimental Republic, Hang Tu proposes emotion as a new critical framework to approach a post-Mao cultural controversy. Covering forty years (1978-2018) of bitter cultural wars, Tu analyzes how liberals, the left, cultural conservatives, and nationalists debated Mao's revolutionary legacies.

About the author

Hang Tu is Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Summary

How does emotion shape public intellectual debate? In Sentimental Republic, Hang Tu proposes emotion as a new critical framework to approach a post-Mao cultural controversy. Covering forty years (1978–2018) of bitter cultural wars, Tu analyzes how liberals, the left, cultural conservatives, and nationalists debated Mao’s revolutionary legacies.

Product details

• Authors: Hang Tu
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9780674297579
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29757-9
• No. of pages: 315
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; China, Education, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Politics and government, Asian History, Literary studies: from c 2000