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China and the New Maoists
Professor Kerry Brown
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Description for China and the New Maoists
Paperback. An absorbing account of the continued influence of Chairman Mao on contemporary China, and of efforts by the New Maoists to claim his legacy. Series: Asian Arguments. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Forty years after his death, Mao remains a totemic, if divisive, figure in contemporary China. Though he retains an immense symbolic importance within China's national mythology, the rise of a capitalist economy has seen the ruling class become increasingly ambivalent towards him. And while he continues to be a highly visible and contentious presence in Chinese public life, Mao's enduring influence has been little understood in the West. In China and the New Maoists, Kerry Brown and Simone van Nieuwenhuizen look at the increasingly vocal elements who claim to be the true ideological heirs to Mao, ... Read more
Forty years after his death, Mao remains a totemic, if divisive, figure in contemporary China. Though he retains an immense symbolic importance within China's national mythology, the rise of a capitalist economy has seen the ruling class become increasingly ambivalent towards him. And while he continues to be a highly visible and contentious presence in Chinese public life, Mao's enduring influence has been little understood in the West. In China and the New Maoists, Kerry Brown and Simone van Nieuwenhuizen look at the increasingly vocal elements who claim to be the true ideological heirs to Mao, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Asian Arguments
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783607594
SKU
V9781783607594
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About Professor Kerry Brown
Kerry Brown is the professor of Chinese studies and the director of the Lau China Institute,at King's College, London. He is an associate at the Asia Programme at Chatham House, London, and the author of eleven books on modern China, the latest of which is CEO China: The Rise of Xi Jinping. Simone van Nieuwenhuizen is ... Read more
Reviews for China and the New Maoists
'A must-read for those looking to get a better understanding of China's recent history and its internal politics.' LSE Review of Books 'Informative, varied and engaging.' The East Asia Book Review `The resurgence of neo-Maoism in China is by turns fascinating, puzzling, and disturbing. China and the New ... Read more