Daoism and Anarchism
Subtitle: Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China
By: John A. Rapp
Series: Contemporary Anarchist Studies
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781441132239; 9781441178800
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Anarchism; Taoism and state; History
Description: This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series focuses on anti-statist critiques in ancient and modern China and demonstrates that China does not have an unchallenged authoritarian political culture.

Treating anarchism as a critique of centralized state power, the work first examines radical Daoist thought from the 4th century BCE to the 9th century CE and compares Daoist philosophers and poets to Western anarchist and utopian thinkers. This is followed by a survey of anarchist themes in dissident thought in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. A concluding chapter discusses how Daoist anarchism can be applied to any anarchist-inspired radical critique today.

This work not only challenges the usual ideas of the scope and nature of dissent in China, it also provides a unique comparison of ancient Chinese Daoist anarchism to Western anarchist. Featuring previously untranslated texts, such as the 9th century Buddhist anarchist tract, the Wunengzi, and essays from the PRC press, it will be an essential resource to anyone studying anarchism, Chinese political thought, political dissent, and political history.

(Source: [Bloomsbury Publishing](https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/daoism-and-anarchism-9781441178800/))
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: PRELUDE
pagenum: 1; title: PART 1: DAOISM AND ANARCHISM
pagenum: 17; label: 1
title: Daoism and anarchism reconsidered
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: Utopian, anti-utopian, and dystopian ideas  in philosophical Daoism
pagenum: 51; label: 3
title: Daoism as utopian or accommodationist: The Guodian challenge to Daoist anarchism
pagenum: 71; label: 4
title: Daoism as anarchism or nihilism: The Buddhist-influenced thought of Wu Nengzi
pagenum: 89; title: INTERLUDE
pagenum: 105; label: 5
title: The twentieth-century Chinese anarchist movement
pagenum: 107; title: PART 2: MAOISM AND ANARCHISM
pagenum: 123; label: 6
title: Maoism and anarchism: An analysis of Mao Zedong’s response to the anarchist critique of Marxism
pagenum: 125; label: 7
title: Denunciations of anarchism in the PRC
pagenum: 159; label: 8
title: Extra-Party neo-anarchist critiques of the state in the PRC
pagenum: 175; label: 9
title: Inner Party neo-anarchist critiques of the Leninist Party-state
pagenum: 193; title: POSTLUDE
pagenum: 213; title: The continuing relevance of Daoist anarchism
pagenum: 215; title: APPENDICES
pagenum: 219; title: Works of Daoist Anarchism
pagenum: 221; label: 1
title: Zhuangzi, Chapter 9, “Horses’ Hoofs”
pagenum: 221; label: 2
title: Ruan Ji, “The Biography of Master Great Man” (excerpt)
pagenum: 223; label: 3
title: Bao Jingyan
pagenum: 227; label: 4
title: Tao Qian, “Peach Blossom Spring”
pagenum: 229; label: 5
title: Wunengzi
pagenum: 231; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 263; title: Index
pagenum: 283