Title Intellectuals at a crossroads : the changing politics of China's knowledge workers / Zhidong Hao

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 496 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s. Contents Machine generated contents note: Foreword / Merle Goldman -- 1. Introduction: Toward a Political Sociology of China's Intellectuals -- 2. From Uniformity to Fragmentation: Intellectuals in the Mao Era (1949-1976) and in the First Deng Period (1977-1989) -- 3. Critical Intellectuals -- 4. Bourgeoisified and Professionalized Intellectuals -- 5. Social Class and Organic Intellectuals -- 6. Intellectuals as a Class -- 7. Summary and Conclusion: The Future of China's Intellectuals -- App. Note on the Concept of the Intellectual Summary "Intellectuals at a Crossroads examines groups of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, their successes, failures, identity contradictions, and ethical dilemmas. Three categories of intellectuals are studied: organic intellectuals who serve specific interests, from government and business to working class movements; critical intellectuals who defy authority with continued social criticism; and "unattached" intellectuals who are fast being professionalized. Using a historical-comparative approach enhanced with demographic and rare interview data, the book bridges the traditional with the modern and the Chinese with the foreign by exploring how these intellectuals are adapting to their roles and influencing political, economic, and social change in the "new" China."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-475) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Professional employees -- Political activity -- China Intellectuals -- Political activity -- China Knowledge workers -- Political activity -- China POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Intellectual life Intellectuals -- Political activity Politics and government Professional employees -- Political activity SUBJECT China -- Intellectual life -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024147 China -- Politics and government -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024174 Subject China Form Electronic book ISBN 1417536012 9781417536016 0791455793 9780791455791 0791455807 9780791455807 9780791487570 0791487571

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