Chinese Utopianism: A Comparative Study of Reformist Thought with Japan and Russia, 1898-1997

ISBN-13: 9780804761611 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 208 str.

Shiping Hua

Opis

Chinese Utopianism offers a new explanation of extreme radicalism in Chinese reform movements from the late nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao era. By studying comparable Japanese and Russian reforms that have, in contrast, pulled their societies back toward the center, Shiping Hua demonstrates how datong--an ancient concept that can be translated as -great harmony---and other elements of Chinese thought have led China down a unique political path.