Independent Review and the Political Trends of the 1930s

Author: Zhang Taiyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: In modern Chinese society, compared to government forces that maintain power by force and revolutionary forces that seize power by force, liberal intellectuals lacked an army, territory, external support, and even their own organization. They clearly belonged to the "" within political forces. This book takes the Independent Review as a case study, taking a broad perspective, focusing on specific details, and then using these details to observe the bigger picture, deeply exploring the social role and functions of liberal intellectuals: How did liberal intellectuals engage with society? How did they respond to foreign aggression? How did they deal with authoritarian governments? How did they view violent revolution? Through these concrete examples, it reconstructs thought as history and examines thought through history, reflecting on the relationship between liberalism, nationalism, the Three Principles of the People, and Marxism from a certain perspective.