The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity

The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity
ISBN-10
1844673790
ISBN-13
9781844673797
Category
Political Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2011-08-01
Publisher
Verso Books
Author
Wang Hui

Description

Challenging both the bureaucratic one-party regime and the Western neoliberal paradigm, China’s leading critic shatters the myth of progress and reflects upon the inheritance of a revolutionary past. In this original and wide-ranging study, Wang Hui examines the roots of China’s social and political problems, and traces the reforms and struggles that have led to the current state of mass depoliticization. Arguing that China’s revolutionary history and its current liberalization are part of the same discourse of modernity, Wang Hui calls for alternatives to both its capitalist trajectory and its authoritarian past. From the May Fourth Movement to Tiananmen Square, The End of the Revolution offers a broad discussion of Chinese intellectual history and society, in the hope of forging a new path for China’s future.

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