The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China
| Author | : C. Lynteris |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 137 |
| Release | : 2012-10-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137293831 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137293837 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (837 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China by : C. Lynteris
Download or read book The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China written by C. Lynteris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was soon faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? Using Foucault's theory of 'technologies of the self', Lynteris examines the conflict between self-cultivation and the abolition of the self in the biopolitically neuralgic field of 'socialist medicine'.
