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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953476603321

Autore

Sullivan Lawrence R

Titolo

Leadership and authority in China, 1895-1976 / / Lawrence R. Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

979-82-16-31161-4

1-283-52389-2

9786613836342

0-7391-7155-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

320.95109/04

Soggetti

Political leadership - China - History - 20th century

Authority

China Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The problem of "feudal despotism" in Marx and China -- Intellectual and political controversies over authority: 1895-1922 -- Political authority in the Chinese Communist Party, theory and practice: 1921-1949 -- The struggle over leadership and authority in the CCP, 1949-1959 -- The struggle over leadership and authority in the CCP, 1959-1976 -- Epilogue: on the "question of Mao".

Sommario/riassunto

Leadership and Authority in China examines the ""constitutional"" conflict in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese society over two diametrically opposed concepts of leadership and authority. Behind the façade of political and ideological unity lay a titanic struggle between a model of institutional authority and "collective leadership" drawn from the strong anti-despotic impulse in modern Chinese thought versus a neo-traditional ""leader principle"" of charismatic authority centered on the "Great Helmsman" Mao Zedong that ul