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Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution

By Arif Dirlik

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0520082648, 0520072979, 9780520082649, 9780520072978
LCC
HX950 .D57 1991
Open Library ID
OL15058116M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
400 kB (409498 bytes)
Pages
336\0
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Arif Dirlik's latest offering is a revisionist perspective on Chinese radicalism in the twentieth century. He argues that the history of anarchism is indispensable to understanding crucial themes in Chinese radicalism. And anarchism is particularly significant now as a source of democratic ideals within the history of the socialist movement in China.Dirlik draws on the most recent scholarship and on materials available only in the last decade to compile the first comprehensive history of his subject available in a Western language. He emphasizes the anarchist contribution to revolutionary discourse and elucidates this theme through detailed analysis of both anarchist polemics and social practice. The changing circumstances of the Chinese revolution provide the immediate context, but throughout his writing the author views Chinese anarchism in relation to anarchism worldwide.

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