Mao Cult : Rhetoric and Ritual in China's Cultural Revolution


Daniel. Leese
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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1 online resource (324 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations, Figures, Maps, and Table; Preface; Chronology of Major Events; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. COMING TO TERMS WITH THE ""CULT OF THE INDIVIDUAL""; 1 The Secret Speech and Its Impact; National and International Reverberations; On the Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat; National Symbols; 2 The Dual Nature of Commodities; More on the Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat; Contradictions among the People and within the Party; The Anti-Rightist Campaign. - 3 Redefining the CultThe Great Leap Forward; The Sino-Soviet Rupture and the War of Words; Worship or Superstitious Belief; PART II. CHARISMATIC MOBILIZATION; 4 Lively Study and Application; Political Education in the PLA; A Shortcut to Marxism; Information Control and Exegetical Bonding; Emulating Individuals and Collecting Experiences; Contemporary Criticism; The Little Red Book; Debating Loyalty; 6 Spectacles of Worship; Exchanging Revolutionary Experiences; The Case of United Action; PART III. CULT AND COMPLIANCE; 7 Ambiguous Symbols; ""Three Supports, Two Militaries"". - Monuments of Belief and Cult AnarchyThe Dafang Incident; 8 The Language of Loyalty; Mao Zedong Thought Activist Congresses; The Language of Flattery; Miracles of Mao Zedong Thought; 9 Rituals and Commodities; Cult Commodities; Mango Worship; 10 Curbing the Cult; Genius Loci: The Second Lushan Plenum; Lingering Poison: Critizing Lin Biao and Confucius; Preservation and Transformation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Index. - This is the first history of the cult of Mao that was used to ensure the loyalty of the people.
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0521152224. - 0521193672. - 9780521152228. - 9780521193672

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