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Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution - Arif Dirlik
Arif Dirlik’s offering is a #revisionist perspective on #Chinese #radicalism in the twentieth century. He argues that the history of #anarchism is indispensable to understanding crucial themes in Chinese radicalism. And anarchism is particularly significant now as a source of democratic ideals within the history of the #SocialistMovement in #China.
Dirlik draws on the most recent scholarship and on materials available only in the last decade to compile the first comprehensive history of his subject available in a Western language. He emphasizes the #anarchist contribution to #revolutionary discourse and elucidates this theme through detailed analysis of both anarchist polemics and social practice. The changing circumstances of the #ChineseRevolution provide the immediate context, but throughout his writing the author views Chinese anarchism in relation to anarchism worldwide.
Arif Dirlik is #Professor of #History at #DukeUniversity. He is the author of Revolution and History: Origins of Marxist Historiography in China, 1919–1937 (California, 1978) and The Origins of Chinese Communism (1989).
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