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.

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hang Tu
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9780674297579
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29757-9
• Pages: 315
• Thèmes: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard Contemporary China Series
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Livres de conseils > Psychologie, quotidien > Famille; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques; 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