Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: China Understandings Today
Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in the Making of the Chinese State
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: China Understandings Today
ISBN: 978-0-472-07549-2
Verlag: University of Michigan Press
Righteous Revolutionaries argues that the Chinese Party-state simultaneously removed perceived threats to its authority at the grassroots and bolstered its legitimacy through a process called moral mobilization. This mobilization process created a moral boundary that designated a virtuous ingroup of “the masses” and a demonized outgroup of “class enemies,” mobilized the masses to participate in violence against this broadly defined outgroup, and strengthened this symbolic boundary by making the masses complicit in state violence. Righteous Revolutionaries shows how we can find traces of moral mobilization in China today under Xi Jinping’s rule. In an era where states and politicians regularly weaponize moral emotions to foment intergroup conflict and violence, understanding the dynamics of violent mobilization and state authority are more relevant than ever before.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations for Major Archival and Documentary Sources
- Part I: Theory and Origins
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Context and Structure of Violent Land Reform after 1949
- Chapter 2. Tracing the Origins of Moral Mobilization
- Part II: Mobilizing Violence
- Chapter 3. The Process of Moral Mobilization
- Chapter 4. Coercive Control and Mass Mobilized Violence
- Part III: Collective Identities and State Authority
- Chapter 5. Constructing Class Enemies in Huaibei and Jiangnan
- Chapter 6. Ingroup Solidarity and State-building During and After Land Reform
- Part IV: Comparative Perspectives and Conclusion
- Chapter 7 Moral Mobilization in Comparative Perspective
- Appendix A. Notes on Methodology and Sources
- Appendix B. Table of Landlords Struggled Against in Baoshan County for Chapter 5
- Bibliography
- Index