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- Intellectuals at a Crossroads: The Changing Politics of China's Knowledge Workers
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series, INTERRUPTIONS: Border Testimony(ies) and Critical Discourse/s
summary
Zhidong Hao’s fascinating book, 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.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables and Figures
- pp. ix-x
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xxiii
- Chapter Three Critical Intellectuals
- pp. 118-204
- Chapter Six Intellectuals as a Class
- pp. 314-345
- Bibliography
- pp. 421-476
- Subject and Name Index
- pp. 489-496
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791487570
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
56406333
Pages
526
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No