Superstitious regimes
Subtitle: religion and the politics of Chinese modernity
By: Rebecca Nedostup.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 322
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674035997
Subjects: Religion and politics -- China -- History -- 20th century; Church and state -- China -- History -- 20th century; Secularism -- China -- History -- 20th century; China -- History -- 1928-1937; China -- Politics and government -- 1928-1937
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: religion, modernity, nationalism; title: Part I: Of legislation and ling; title: Inventing "religion"; title: Temples and the redefinition of public life; title: Part II: Material motives; title: Jiangsu temples as target and tactic; title: Idealized communities and the religious remainder; title: Part III: Transactional modernity; title: Embodying superstition; title: Affective regimes; title: Conclusion: superstition's legacy.