China and the New Maoists / / Kerry Brown and Simone Van Nieuwenhuizen

• Autore: Brown Kerry
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.53230951
• Soggetto geografico: China History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): Van NieuwenhuizenSimone
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Asian Arguments; About the Authors ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Terminology: Maoism and Leftism The Religion of Maoism ; The Question of Charisma ; 1. The Tale of the Victim, Zhang Zhixin ; Sources ; 2. The Chairman's Life After Death ; Mao 2.0 ; Mao and the Fifth Generation Leaders Having Your Cake and Eating It: Mao and Contradiction ; Twilight of Harmonious China ; Mao Overboard: Maoism in the Outside World 3. Defender of the Faith: Deng Liqun and Leftism ; The Life of a Leftist ; What Influences Post-Mao Leftists? ; The Fight for the Right Path: 1980s Reforms and the Rise of Chinese Capitalism Existential Crisis: 1989, the Fall of the Soviet Union and the 'End of History' ; Deng contra Deng: The Final Showdown ; Sources ; 4. Maoism in Motion: The Red Campaign of Bo Xilai in Chongqing ; Aristocratic Roots
• Sommario/riassunto: An absorbing account of the continued influence of Chairman Mao on contemporary China, and of efforts by the New Maoists to claim his legacy.
• Titolo autorizzato: China and the New Maoists
• ISBN: 1-78360-761-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511735303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian arguments.