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
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 11.03.2025
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature
• EAN: 9780674297579
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29757-9
• Numero di pagine: 315
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard Contemporary China Series
• Categorie: China, Education, Literary Studies, Politics, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, International Relations, Chinese, ideas, Politics and government, Asian History, Literary studies: from c 2000, intellectual, East Asian history