Intellectuals in Revolutionary China, 1921-1949: Leaders, Heroes and Sophisticates / Edition 1

by Hung-yok Ip

Overview

This book originally examines how prominent communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921 to 1940) constructed and presented identities for themselves and how they narrated their place in the revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415351652
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/24/2005
Series:	Chinese Worlds
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hung-yok Ip is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Oregon State University.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction 1. Perspectives Part 2: Leaders: Self-Construction from the Functional Perspective 2. Radical Intellectuals as the Guiding Force of Change: The Beginning of the Political Odyssey 3. Manufacturing Political Leadership I: The Yaqian Intellectuals and Peng Pai 4. Manufacturing Political Leadership II: Mao Zedong Part 3: Heroes: Self-Construction from the Emotional Perspective 5. Narrating Politicized Subjectivity 6. The Nobility of Ambivalence and Devotion Part 4: Sophisticates: Self-Construction from the Aesthetic Perspective 7. Clinging to Refinement in the Revolution Part 5: Epilogue 8. Self-Construction, Politics and Culture: Some General Reflections 9. Conclusion. Index of Chinese Names and Phrases