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Chinese Utopianism
Shiping Hua
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Description for Chinese Utopianism
Hardback. Offers an explanation of extreme radicalism in Chinese reform movements from the late nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao era. This book demonstrates how datong - an ancient concept that can be translated as 'great harmony' - and other elements of Chinese thought have led China down a unique political path. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 454.
Chinese Utopianism offers a new explanation of extreme radicalism in Chinese reform movements from the late nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao era. By studying comparable Japanese and Russian reforms that have, in contrast, pulled their societies back toward the center, Shiping Hua demonstrates how datong—an ancient concept that can be translated as "great harmony"—and other elements of Chinese thought have led China down a unique political path.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804761611
SKU
V9780804761611
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Ref
99-15
About Shiping Hua
Shiping Hua is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville.
Reviews for Chinese Utopianism
"It is hard to imagine a reader who would not find stimulating both the ideas and the range of material cited in Chinese Utopianism. Shiping Hua should be congratulated for taking on the grand themes of continuity and cultural difference. The result is a unique examination of modern Chinese political culture and its traditional roots."
Brantly Womack
University of Virginia
"[Chinese Utopianism] would be well suited to interdisciplinary courses in social sciences and humanities. All readers will benefit from the challenging views and insightful analysis it presents."
Patrick Fuliang Shan
Grand Valley State University, American Review of China Studies
"The value and novelty of Chinese Utopianism lie in it synthesis of the cases compared. Hua's overall thesis that there is a prospensity toward utopianism in Chinese political culture not shared by either Japan or Russia is an original take, and will likely provoke important discussion and debate."
Peter Moody
University of Notre Dame
"I commend the author for a brave attempt to bring a comparative perspective to the fairly parochial field of Chinese studies. I would recommend the book for students interested in Chinese utopianism. It could be an interesting springboard for critical discussion."
Viren Murthy
China Review International
"Hua conducts an ambitious comparative study of the influence of different strands of utopianism on political reform movements in China, Japan, and Russia . . . His argument is elegant and easy to follow."
T.E Myers
Choice.
"Even readers skeptical of the political culture approach will find this book useful."
John A. Rapp
The China Journal
"Shiping Hua's new book on Chinese utopianism fills an important gap in Chinese political culture studies and is a good reference book on Chinese political culture."
Baogang Guo
International Review of Social History
"Shiping Hua argues that cultural factors can help explain why, under similar circumstances, the leaders of different countries undertake different strategies . . . [T]his book is a very interesting and insightful contribution to the fields of Chinese political culture and comparative political thought."
Grace Cheng
Journal of Chinese Political Science
Brantly Womack
University of Virginia
"[Chinese Utopianism] would be well suited to interdisciplinary courses in social sciences and humanities. All readers will benefit from the challenging views and insightful analysis it presents."
Patrick Fuliang Shan
Grand Valley State University, American Review of China Studies
"The value and novelty of Chinese Utopianism lie in it synthesis of the cases compared. Hua's overall thesis that there is a prospensity toward utopianism in Chinese political culture not shared by either Japan or Russia is an original take, and will likely provoke important discussion and debate."
Peter Moody
University of Notre Dame
"I commend the author for a brave attempt to bring a comparative perspective to the fairly parochial field of Chinese studies. I would recommend the book for students interested in Chinese utopianism. It could be an interesting springboard for critical discussion."
Viren Murthy
China Review International
"Hua conducts an ambitious comparative study of the influence of different strands of utopianism on political reform movements in China, Japan, and Russia . . . His argument is elegant and easy to follow."
T.E Myers
Choice.
"Even readers skeptical of the political culture approach will find this book useful."
John A. Rapp
The China Journal
"Shiping Hua's new book on Chinese utopianism fills an important gap in Chinese political culture studies and is a good reference book on Chinese political culture."
Baogang Guo
International Review of Social History
"Shiping Hua argues that cultural factors can help explain why, under similar circumstances, the leaders of different countries undertake different strategies . . . [T]his book is a very interesting and insightful contribution to the fields of Chinese political culture and comparative political thought."
Grace Cheng
Journal of Chinese Political Science