| Author/Contributor(s): | Hua, Shiping |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Date: | 01/01/2009 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
Chinese Utopianism offers a new explanation of extreme radicalism in Chinese reform movements from the late nineteenth century through the Cultural Revolution and into the post-Mao era. By studying comparable Japanese and Russian reforms that have, in contrast, pulled their societies back toward the center, Shiping Hua demonstrates how datong-an ancient concept that can be translated as "great harmony"-and other elements of Chinese thought have led China down a unique political path.