Nick Knight

Rethinking Mao

Explorations in Mao Zedong's Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Rethinking Mao offers a innovative perspective on Mao Zedong, the major architect of the Chinese Revolution and leader of the People's Republic of China until his death in 1976. Utilizing a number of recently discovered documents written by Mao, Nick Knight 'rethinks' Mao by subjecting a number of his controversial concepts to fresh scrutiny.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780739117071
• ISBN-10: 0739117076
• Artikelnr.: 22728570

Autorenporträt

Nick Knight is professor of Asian studies at Griffith University in Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Rethinking Mao Chapter 2 On Questions of Method I -
Rethinking Mao and the Mao Texts Chapter 3 On Questions of Method II - The
Marxism of Mao Zedong Chapter 4 Working Class and Peasantry in Mao Zedong's
Thought, 1923-1945 Chapter 5 Politics and Vision: Historical Time and the
Future in Mao Zedong's Thought: A Study of Three Documents, 1937-1940
Chapter 6 Perspectives on Marxism and Social Change in Mao Zedong's
Thought: A Study of Three Documents, 1937-1940 Chapter 7 Mao Zedong and the
"Sinification of Marxism" Chapter 8 Mao Zedong on the Chinese Road to
Socialism, 1949-1969 Chapter 9 From Harmony to Struggle, From Perpetual
Peace to Cultural Revolution: Changing Futures in Mao Zedong's Thought