Chinese utopianism : a comparative study of reformist thought with Japan and Russia, 1898-1997 / Shiping Hua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hua, Shiping, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--China--History--20th century.

Utopias.

Communism--China.

Communism.

Social change.

History.

China.

China--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Social change--China--History--20th century.

Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912.

Japan.

Social change--Japan--History--20th century.

Communism--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Economic policy.

Social change--Soviet Union--History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 186 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2009]

Contents:

1 Theory and Method 1

Political Culture Theory 1

Contrast-Oriented Comparative Case Study 4

Political Discourse 7

2 Utopianism: Japan, Russia, and China 10

Japan 12

Russia 15

China 17

3 Modernizing Reforms: Japan and China 25

Structure: Historical Background of the Meiji Restoration and the Late Qing Reform 28

Political Strategies 30

Philosophical Underpinnings 36

4 Reforms within Communism: The Soviet Union 42

Structure: Historical Background of the New Economic Policy (1921-1929) and the Thaw (1953-1964) 44

Political Strategies 48

Philosophical Underpinnings 54

5 Reforms within Communism: China 60

Structure: Historical Background of the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) 63

Political Strategies 69

Philosophical Underpinnings 74

6 Reforms out of Communism: China and the Soviet Union 81

Structure: Historical Background of Deng's Reform (1978-1997) and Gorbachev's Reform (1985-1991) 84

Political Strategies 86

Philosophical Underpinnings 91

Conclusion: Hopefulness toward the Future as Natural, Supernatural, and the Product of Human Endeavor 97.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.

ISBN:

9780804761611

0804761612

OCLC:

237199193