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Constructing China: Clashing Views of the People's Republic by Mobo Gao: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Constructing China: Clashing Views of the People's Republic
- Publication Date
- 2018-05-20
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780745399812
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Philosophy, History
- Publication Name
- Constructing China : Clashing Views of the People's Republic
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Epistemology, International Relations / General, Comparative Politics, Asia / China
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Uk-Trade Paper
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-10
0745399819
ISBN-13
9780745399812
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235684231
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Constructing China : Clashing Views of the People's Republic
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Epistemology, International Relations / General, Comparative Politics, Asia / China
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy, History
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2022-507070
Reviews
'In this book, Mobo Gao intervenes in the increasingly tense ideological exchange that has accompanied China's challenge to the global hegemony of the West. Intimately familiar with the intellectual terrain in both worlds, Gao offers unique insights, at once indignant and introspective', A bold, revisionist account citing much historical evidence and presenting interpretations that challenge mainstream views of China...Gao makes a provocative case that will spark vigorous debate about the country and its leaders' motives., 'A bold, revisionist account citing much historical evidence and presenting interpretations that challenge mainstream views of China ...Gao makes a provocative case that will spark vigourous debate about the country and its leaders' motives', 'A bold, revisionist account citing much historical evidence and presenting interpretations that challenge mainstream views of China...Gao makes a provocative case that will spark vigorous debate about the country and its leaders' motives', 'This book engages a fundamental question in politics and history concerning discursive power. It is forcefully argued and highly stimulating. The compelling case Mobo Gao makes deserves broad attention for its significance and urgency in debating the hegemonic ascendance of revisionist historiography', 'Mobo Gao is one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers on contemporary Chinese issues today. This splendid book on fundamental questions about what China is maintains his ability to target key questions which might often be asked, but seldom treated in such elegantly provocative fashion', Mobo Gao is one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers on contemporary Chinese issues today. This splendid book on fundamental questions about what China is maintains his ability to target key questions which might often be asked, but are seldom treated in such elegantly provocative fashion., 'Mobo Gao intervenes in the increasingly tense ideological exchange that has accompanied China's challenge to the global hegemony of the West. Intimately familiar with the intellectual terrain in both worlds, Gao offers unique insights, at once indignant and introspective', In this book, Mobo Gao intervenes in the increasingly tense ideological exchange that has accompanied China's challenge to the global hegemony of the West. Intimately familiar with the intellectual terrain in both worlds, Gao offers unique insights, at once indignant and introspective.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
951
Table Of Content
List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Scholarship, National Interest and Conceptual Paradigm 2. China, What China? 3. Chinese? Who are the Chinese? 4. Intellectual Poverty of the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment 5. The Coordinated Efforts in Constructing China 6. Why is the Cultural Revolution Cultural? 7. Why is the Cultural Revolution Revolutionary? The Legacies 8. Clashing Views of the Great Leap Forward 9. National Interest and Transnational Interest: The Political and Intellectual Elite in the West 10. Geopolitics and National Interest I: China's Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics 11. Geopolitics and National Interest II: The South China Sea Disputes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
For years now, China's economic and political rise has provoked fear--even paranoia--around the world. But how do we get our information about China, and how are our understandings of it actually produced? Constructing China presents a detailed examination of the means through which our knowledge of China is created. Rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism, Mobo Gao dissects the political agenda and conceptual framework of commentators on China and urges those on the right and the left alike to be carefully critical of their own views on the nation's politics, economics, and history., From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world. In light of this phenomenon, how are our understandings of China produced? From West to East, Mobo Gao interrogates knowledge production; rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between the Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism. By examining issues such as the Chinese Neo-Enlightenment and neoliberalism, national interest vested in Western scholarship, representations of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and the South China Sea, the book asks: how is contemporary China constructed? By dissecting the political agenda and conceptual framework of commentators on China, Gao provocatively urges those not only on the Right, but also on the Left, to be self-critical of their views on Chinese politics, economics and history.
LC Classification Number
DS706
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