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 ecomy 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, ranging from academics to cyberactivists, as well as at the state's efforts to draw on Mao's image as a source of legitimacy. This is a fascinating portrait of a country undergoing dramatic upheavals while still struggling to come to terms with its past.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
ISBN-10
1783607602
ISBN-13
9781783607600
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223593137
Product Key Features
Author
Kerry Brown, Simone Van Nieuwenhuizen
Format
Hardback, PAPER over Boards
Language
English
Subject
Political Ideologies & Parties
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Height
222mm
Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
140mm
Series Title
Asian Arguments
Content Note
1 Index
Author Biography
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 based at the University of Sydney. This is her first book.