China and postsocialist anthropology
Subtitle: theorizing power and society after communism
By: Andrew Kipnis
Series: Signature books; Signature books (White Plains, N.Y.)
Publisher: Eastbridge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norwalk, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781599880105
Subjects: Politics and government; Post-communism; Power (Social sciences); Political science; Politik; Postkommunismus
Description: "China and Postsocialist Anthropology is a sophisticated and insightful analysis of post-socialist regimes, seen through the prism of the Chinese case. Andrew Kipnis is a highly conceptual anthropologist, very well versed in social-science theory, who also has an in-depth, on-the-ground knowledge of China. Bilingual in Chinese and English, in this important book, he employs his dual expertise to present cogent analyses of post-socialist power relations, post-Marxian social theory, neo-liberalism and neo-leftists in China, the reshaping of citizenship, and a range of other related topics. The book will be of considerable value to comparative social scientists, his fellow anthropologists, specialists in socialist and post-socialist regimes and societies, and social theorists."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-242) and index.