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China's intellectuals and the state / edited by Merle Goldman with Timothy Cheek and Carol Lee Hamrin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Harvard contemporary China series ; 3.
- Harvard contemporary China series ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Intellectual life--1949-.
- China.
- Intellectual life.
- China--Politics and government--1949-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 374 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : Distributed by the Harvard University Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Today's intellectuals in China inherit a mixed tradition in terms of their relationship to the state. Some follow the Confucian literati watchdog role of criticizing abuses of political power. Marxist intellectuals judge the state's practices on the basis of Communist ideals. Others prefer the May Fourth spirit, dedicated to the principles of free scholarly and artistic expression. The Chinese government, for its part, has undulated in its treatment of intellectuals, applying restraints when free expression threatened to get "out of control," relaxing controls when state policies required the cooperation, good will, and expertise of intellectuals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 067411972X
- OCLC:
- 15252782
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