Intellectuals and the Chinese Revolution (Studies on National Construction in Modern China)

Author: Liu Ye
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: There is a natural connection between Chinese intellectuals and politics. This book takes the relationship between intellectuals and the Chinese Revolution during the process of national construction as the research object, focusing on exploring the political tradition of Chinese intellectuals under the scholar-official political system, and how the continuity of this tradition in modern times has influenced the revolution. From the perspectives of organization and ideology, it analyzes the decisive role of intellectuals in the revolution and national construction. The book points out that intellectuals led the Chinese Revolution and further analyzes the social and historical reasons for the rise of the "party-state."