China's Twentieth Century
Revolution, Retreat and the Road to Equality
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Verso Books
Published:23rd Feb '16
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An examination of the shifts in politics and revolution in China over the last century
What must China do to become truly democratic and equitable? This question animates most progressive debates about this potential superpower, and inChina'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.
One of China's leading historians and most interesting and influential public intellectuals. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom * Los Angeles Times *
A central figure among a group of writers and academics known collectively as the New Left. * New York Times Magazine *
Mobilizing lessons from a non-Western context to unpack the contested meanings of socialism and democracy ... Wang reminds us that China's socialist legacy, much like its long-standing participation in anti-imperialist struggles in the Global South, is not to be forgotten. Instead, it should be rigorously analyzed and critically re-appropriated as a means to reshape the contours of global justice. -- Fan Yang * Socialism and Democracy *
Wang's intervention into both Chinese- and English-language histories of China is both politically charged and theoretically rich, exploring the possibilities for equality and justice that were
created and then suppressed during this period in China's recent past. -- Zach Smith * Education About Asia *
ISBN: 9781781689066
Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 28mm
Weight: 576g
368 pages