Shih Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3892-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

In October 2022, the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded, extending Xi Jinping's leadership indefinitely, which many view as a one-party dictatorship.

Exploring Confucian and socialist principles, this book examines the relationship between the citizens and leaders in the Chinese autocracy. By applying a Foucauldian twist to a range of topics – from discussing the politics of love and pandemic nationalism to analysing Xi’s personality – it challenges the binary of authoritarianism and democracy.

Interdisciplinary in nature, it will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of politics, international relations, culture studies and critical theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shih, Chih-yu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Autocracy and Its People

1. People’s Hearts as the Regime of Regimes

2. Restoring Normalcy during Involution

3. Governing Hong Kong by Loving the Nation

4. Pandemic Nationalism from Wuhan to China - co-authored with Pichamon Yeophantong

5. Xi Jinping’s Quest for Acceptance

6. Relational Democracy of Confucianism

7. A Pluriversal Dialogue with Ubuntu - co-authored with Raoul Bunskoek

Conclusion

Appendix: The Diagrammatic Logic of Counter-governmentality

Über Autor(innen)

Chih-yu Shih is National Chair and University Chair in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.