Intellectuals in revolutionary China, 1921-1949
Subtitle: leaders, heroes and sophisticates
By: Hung-yok Ip.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Intellectuals -- China -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
Other titles: Leaders, heroes and sophisticates
Description: "In Intellectuals in Revolutionary China, 1921-1949 Hung-yok Ip examines how Communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921-1949) constructed and presented identities for themselves. She looks at how they narrated their place in the revolution and how these identities later allowed them to claim to be the deserving elite of a revolution that sought to liberate the oppressed and bring about a better society. Not only does this book make a contribution to the history of the Chinese revolution, it also contributes to an understanding of the culture that was to be built in China after 1949."

"Using memoirs, recollections and literary works that have only recently become available, Ip analyses Communist intellectuals' self-construction from the functional, emotional and aesthetic perspectives, and expands on how these historical agents fashioned the themes of Communist intellectuals as leaders, heroes and sophisticates."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"First published 2005 by Routledge ... London ... "
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction; title: Perspectives; title: Part II. Leaders: self-construction from the functional perspective; title: Radical intellectuals as the guiding force of change: beginning of the political odyssey; title: Manufacturing political leadership I: the Yaqian intellectuals and Peng Pai; title: Manufacturing political leadership II: Mao Zedong; title: Part III. Heroes: self-construction from the emotional perspective; title: Narrating politicized subjectivity; title: The nobility of devotion; the nobility of ambivalence; title: Part IV. Sophisticates: self-construction from the aesthetic experience; title: Clinging to refinement in the revolution; title: Part V. Epilogue; title: Self-construction, politics and culture: some general reflections; title: Conclusion.