Political Thought and China’s Transformation [electronic resource] : Ideas Shaping Reform in Post-Mao China /
Li, H.author.
Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; A Note on Spelling; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ideas and China's Transformation; Significance of the intellectual discourse; Contending debates among the Chinese intellectuals; Organization of the book; Part I: Contemporary Chinese Political Thought; 1 Liberalism; Early spread and reemergence of liberalism; The liberal discourse; Implications of the spread of liberalism; Factors undermining liberalism in China; Conclusion; 2 Neo-authoritarianism; The rise of neo-authoritarianism; Huntington's influence on the rise of neo-authoritarianism in China
Debate in the 1980sThe advent of neo-conservatism; Official party ideology and neo-authoritarianism; Policy response; Neo-authoritarianism 2.0?; Will neo-authoritarianism work for China?; Conclusion; 3 China's New Left; The advent of the New Left; Influence of Western ideas; Rediscovery of Mao's legacy; Rethinking the Cultural Revolution; Bringing state socialism back in; Criticizing universal values; Promoting the "China Model"; The rise and fall of the "Chongqing Model"; Conclusion; 4 Democratic Socialism; Origins and early history; Spread of social democracy in China
Intellectual discourse on social democracyCritiques from the Left and the Right; Beyond Left and Right?; Could democratic socialism make a difference?; Conclusion; 5 New Confucianism; Revival of Confucianism; Major approaches; Future of New Confucianism; Conclusion; Part II: Intellectual Discourse on Critical Issues; 6 Chinese Intellectual Discourse on Democracy; Chinese discourse on democracy; Democracy with Chinese characteristics; Liberal discourse on democracy; New Left's perspective on democracy; Conclusion; 7 Debating China's Economic Reform; Origins of the debate
The debate on economic reformImpacts and policy implications; Conclusion; 8 Debate over Legitimacy; Legitimacy crisis: Myth or reality; Sources of legitimacy; Debates on possible solutions to legitimacy crisis; Impacts of the scholarly discourse on legitimacy; Conclusion; 9 Conclusion: Fragmentation and Consensus; Intellectual discourse and state ideological control; Fragmentation and consensus among Chinese scholars; Impacts of intellectual discourse; Concluding remarks; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Chinese Names and Phrases; Subject and Name Index
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era.
Asia—Politics and government.
World politics.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Asia—History.
Political theory.
Asian Politics.
Political History.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Asian History.
Political Theory.