Intellectuals in Revolutionary China, 1921-1949: Leaders, Heroes and Sophisticates

ISBN-13: 9780415351652 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 344 str.

Hung-yok Ip

Opis

This original book examines how prominent communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921-1940) constructed and presented identities for themselves and looks at how they narrated their place in the revolution.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  1. Perspectives  Part 2: Leaders: Self-Construction from the Functional Perspective  2. Radical Intellectuals as the Guiding Force of Change: The Beginning of the Political Odyssey  3. Manufacturing Political Leadership I: The Yaqian Intellectuals and Peng Pai  4. Manufacturing Political Leadership II: Mao Zedong  Part 3: Heroes: Self-Construction from the Emotional Perspective  5. Narrating Politicized Subjectivity  6. The Nobility of Ambivalence and Devotion  Part 4: Sophisticates: Self-Construction from the Aesthetic Perspective  7. Clinging to Refinement in the Revolution  Part 5: Epilogue  8. Self-Construction, Politics and Culture: Some General Reflections  9. Conclusion.  Index of Chinese Names and Phrases 

O autorze

Hung-yok Ip is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Oregon State University.