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CONTENTS Series Editor’s Preface ix Acknowledgments xi • Prologue 1 ONE The Rise of Falun Gong 8 TWO Challenging Contemporary Political Culture: Falun Gong’s Departure from Marxist Materialism, Authoritarianism, and Scientism 32 THREE Why Is Falun Gong Popular? 51 FOUR As Powerful as Weapons: The Use of Tropes as Ideological Instruments 69 FIVE “Wildfire won’t wipe it out—Spring wind blows it back”: The Transfiguration of the Political Sensibility of the Chinese People 82 • Notes 105 Bibliography 117 Index 137 This page intentionally left blank ...