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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hao, Zhidong, 1952-

Series:

SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional employees--Political activity--China.

Professional employees.

Intellectuals--Political activity--China.

Intellectuals.

Knowledge workers--Political activity--China.

Knowledge workers.

China--Intellectual life--1949-.

China.

China--Politics and government--1949-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A survey of contemporary Chinese intellectuals.

Contents:

Intro

Intellectuals at a Crossroads

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

List of Abbreviations

Foreword by Merle Goldman

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Toward a Political Sociology of China's Intellectuals

Four Types of Intellectuals and Four Political Roles

The Ideological Foundations of Intellectuals' Political Roles

Ethical Dilemmas Facing Intellectuals

The Chinese Intellectual: A Typology

Conclusions

2. From Uniformity to Fragmentation: Intellectuals in the Mao Era (1949- 1976) and in the First Deng Period (1977-1989)

A High Degree of Uniformity with Limited Resistance: The Mao Era (1949-1976)

The Beginning of Fragmentation: The First Deng Period (1977-1989)

3. Critical Intellectuals

The Social Environment after 1989

The Critical Intellectual Discourses

The Democracy Movement

Other Social Critics: Some Examples

Conclusions: The Politics of Critical Intellectuals

4. Bourgeoisified and Professionalized Intellectuals

The Bourgeoisification of Intellectuals

The Professionalization of Intellectuals

5. Social Class and Organic Intellectuals

Class and the Class Structure in Formation

Organic Intellectuals

Conclusions: Contradictory Class Locations of Organic Intellectuals

6. Intellectuals as a Class

Are Intellectuals a Class?

Chinese Intellectuals as a Class

The Elitist Flaw of the Intellectual Class

7. Summary and Conclusion: The Future of China's Intellectuals

The Changing Politics of China's Knowledge Workers

The Future of China's Intellectuals

Appendix: A Note on the Concept of the Intellectual

Transition from Literati to Intellectuals: The Chinese Story

Transition from Philosophers to Intellectuals: The Western Story

Definitions of the Modern Intellectual

Notes

Preface.

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Appendix

Bibliography

Index of Chinese Names and Phrases

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

W

X

Y

Z

Subject and Name Index

U

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-475) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791487570

0791487571

9781417536016

1417536012

OCLC:

61367789