02693nam 2200589 a 450 991079193000332120200520144314.01-283-52389-297866138363420-7391-7155-0(CKB)2560000000089569(EBL)988790(OCoLC)808422766(SSID)ssj0000701504(PQKBManifestationID)12281100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701504(PQKBWorkID)10673571(PQKB)11739180(MiAaPQ)EBC988790(Au-PeEL)EBL988790(CaPaEBR)ebr10587697(CaONFJC)MIL383634(EXLCZ)99256000000008956920120420d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLeadership and authority in China, 1895-1976[electronic resource] /Lawrence R. SullivanLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (325 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9803-3 0-7391-7154-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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".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 ulPolitical leadershipChinaHistory20th centuryAuthorityChinaPolitics and government20th centuryPolitical leadershipHistoryAuthority.320.95109/04Sullivan Lawrence R242226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791930003321Leadership and authority in China, 1895-19763690012UNINA