China and Global Capitalism [electronic resource] : Reflections on Marxism, History, and Contemporary Politics /
Chun, L.author.
In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of relevant debates and discusses the imperative and feasibility of a socialist Chinese model, reconstructed, as an alternative to standardized modernity at an impasse.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I; 1 Positioning China in World Capitalist Development; 2 Debating History: From "Oriental Society" to "Great Divergence"; Part II; 3 Chinese Socialism and Global Capitalism; 4 The Politics of China's Self-Positioning; 5 Can There Be a Chinese Model?; 6 Class, Direct Producers, and the Impasse of Modernization; 7 The Rise of the Social: For a Communist Moral Economy; Part III; 8 Toward a Historical Materialist Universalism; 9 Marxism and the Interpretation of China; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index.
In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of relevant debates and discusses the imperative and feasibility of a socialist Chinese model, reconstructed, as an alternative to standardized modernity at an impasse.
Comparative politics.
Historiography.
Economic policy.
Political theory.
Political economy.
Economic history.
Comparative Politics.
Historiography and Method.
Development Policy.
Political Theory.
International Political Economy.
Economic History.