The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China [electronic resource] : Socialist Medicine and the New Man /
Lynteris, C.author.
Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Note on Transcription; Introduction; 1 The Sublimation of Skill; 2 Self-Cultivation: Confucian Roots; 3 Red or Expert?; 4 Abolishing the Self as Private Property; Conclusion; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'.
History.
Asia—History.
Social history.
History, Modern.
China—History.
History of Science.
Asian History.
Social History.
Modern History.
History of China.