Sebastian Veg

Minjian

The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals

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Produktbeschreibung

Sebastian Veg explores the rise of minjianà â â unofficial, unaffiliated, and among the peopleà â â intellectuals and how they have profoundly transformed Chinaà â â s public culture. Minjian documents how, amid deep structural shifts, grassroots thinker-activists began to work outside academia or policy institutions in an embryonic public sphere.

Produktdetails

• Global Chinese Culture
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780231191401
• ISBN-10: 0231191405
• Artikelnr.: 54598506

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Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Grassroots Intellectuals: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
2. Wang Xiaobo and the Silent Majority: Redefining the Role of
Intellectuals After Tiananmen
3. Minjian Historians of the Mao Era: Commemorating, Documenting, Debating
4. Investigating and Transforming Society from the Margins: The Rise and
Fall of Independent Cinema
5. Professionals at the Grassroots: Rights Lawyers, Academics, and
Petitioners
6. Journalists, Bloggers, and a New Public Culture
Conclusion
Appendix: Minibiographies of Thirty Minjian Intellectuals
Notes
Index