Democratic political theory often sees collective action as the basis for non-coercive social change, assuming that its terms and practices are always self-evident and accessible. But what if we find ourselves in situations where collective action is not immediately available, or even widely intelligible? This book examines one of the most intellectually substantive and influential Chinese thinkers of the early twentieth century, Zhang Shizhao (1881 1973), who insisted that it is individuals who must make the political' before social movements or self-aware political communities have...
Democratic political theory often sees collective action as the basis for non-coercive social change, assuming that its terms and practices are always...
