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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hang Tu
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9780674297579
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29757-9
• Pagine: 315
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard Contemporary China Series
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; 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