Chinas twentieth century : revolution, retreat, and the road to equality /
"What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable? This question animates most progressive debates about this potential superpower, and in China's Twentieth Century the country's leading critic, Wang Hui, turns to the past for an answer. Beginning with the birth of modern p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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London :
Verso Books,
2016
London : Verso, 2016 London ; Brooklyn, NY : 2016 |
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| Summary: | "What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable? This question animates most progressive debates about this potential superpower, and in China's Twentieth Century the country's leading critic, Wang Hui, turns to the past for an answer. Beginning with the birth of modern politics in the 1911 revolution, Wang tracks the initial flourishing of political life, its blossoming in the radical sixties, and its decline in China's more recent liberalization, to arrive at the crossroads of the present day. Examining the emergence of new class divisions between ethnic groups in the context of Tibet and Xinjiang, alongside the resurgence of neoliberalism through the lens of the Chongqing Incident, Wang Hui argues for a revival of social democracy as the only just path for China's future"--Page [4] of cover |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 361 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-346) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1781689059 (hbk.) 1781689059 1781689067 (pbk.) 1781689067 1781689075 (ebk. UK) 1781689075 9781781689059 (hbk.) 9781781689059 9781781689066 (pbk.) 9781781689066 9781781689073 (ebk. UK) 9781781689073 |