Title: Intellectuals at a crossroads : the changing politics of China's knowledge workers /
Authors: Hao, Zhidong, 1952-
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Professional employees China Political activity.; Intellectuals China Political activity.; Knowledge workers China Political activity.; Knowledge workers Political activity China.; Intellectuals Political activity China.; Professional employees Political activity China.; China Intellectual life; China Politics and government
Abstract: "Intellectuals at a Crossroads examines groups of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, their successes, failures, identity contradictions, and ethical dilemmas. Three categories of intellectuals are studied: organic intellectuals who serve specific interests, from government and business to working class movements; critical intellectuals who defy authority with continued social criticism; and "unattached" intellectuals who are fast being professionalized. Using a historical-comparative approach enhanced with demographic and rare interview data, the book bridges the traditional with the modern and the Chinese with the foreign by exploring how these intellectuals are adapting to their roles and influencing political, economic, and social change in the "new" China."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Toward a political sociology of China's intellectuals -- Four types of intellectuals and four political roles -- The ideological foundations of intellectuals'; political roles -- Ethical dilemmas facing intellectuals -- The Chinese intellectual: a typology -- 2. From uniformity to fragmentation: intellectuals in the Mao era (1949-1976) and in the first Deng period (1977-1989) -- A high degree of uniformity with limited resistance: The Mao era (1949-1976) -- The beginnings of fragmentation: first period of the Deng era (1977-1989) -- 3. Critical intellectuals -- The social environment after 1989 -- The critical intellectual discourses -- The democracy movement -- Other social critics: some examples -- -- The politics of critical intellectuals -- 4. Bourgeoisified and professionalization intellectuals -- The Bourgeoisification of intellectuals -- The professionalization of intellectuals -- 5. Social class and organic intellectuals -- Class and class structure in formation -- Organic intellectuals -- Contradictory class locations of organic intellectuals -- 6. Intellectuals as a class -- Are intellectuals a class? -- Chinese intellectuals as a class -- The elitist flaw of the intellectual class -- 7. The future of China's intellectuals -- The changing politics of China's knowledge workers -- The future of China's intellectuals -- Transition for literati to intellectuals: the Chinese story -- Transition for philosophers to intellectuals: the western story -- Definitions of the modern intellectual.