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1 online resource (308 pages). |
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AUP - ICAS Publications ; v. 7 |
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AUP - ICAS Publications.
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Print version record. |
Contents |
The 1949 Revolution Was Not the Victory of a Political Idea -- On "Following a Doctrine without Understanding it" -- Is it True that They Were "Completely Convinced"? -- Intangible Pressure -- From "Killing a Chicken to Frighten the Monkeys" to "Killing a Monkey to Frighten the Other Monkeys" -- A Monistic System of Value Standards: Concepts and Structure -- Why Was Remolding Aimed at the Intelligentsia? -- The Bifurcated Essence of Thought Remolding -- The Coercion of Truth -- The Utility of Truth -- The Class Nature of Truth and the Problem of Standpoint -- Beware of "Begging the Question" -- The Ambiguity of Facts -- The Ambiguity of Values -- Conformity -- Consistency -- The Belief that the World is Just -- Pursuing Meaning in Life -- 3. How Has Thought Remolding Been Implemented? -- "With Machine Guns Pinning You Down on Three Sides, You're Allowed to Head off in Only One Direction." |
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Mobilizing Others to Receive Instruction -- "First Impressions are the Strongest" and "Once You Form a Habit, Following it Comes Naturally" -- The Power of Oversimplification -- "Giving an Injection of a Preventive Inoculation" -- The Hierarchical System of "Study" [xuexi] -- An Affective Style of Propaganda -- The Controlling Function of Collective Rituals -- Criticism and Self-Criticism -- From Prohibition to Renunciation -- The Transition from Compelled Conduct to Voluntary Conduct -- The Strategy of Violating Dignity -- The Chastity of Those Who Have Lost Their Chastity -- The Psychology of a Shortage of Rewards -- Thought Remolding and the Chinese Cultural Tradition -- Getting Enmeshed in a Cocoon of One's Own Weaving -- Some "Doctor" Indeed -- Various Methods of Punishment -- A Remarkable Effect of the "Downward Transfer to the Countryside for Manual Labor." |
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The First Strategy of Criticism: A Ferocious Clap (1) -- A Ferocious Clap (2) -- The Second Strategy of Criticism: Isolation within the Crowd (1) -- Isolation within the Crowd (2) -- Spiritual Homelessness, Isolation and the Lack of Support -- From Confusion to Submission -- The Emotional Need to Identify with One's Oppressors -- Self-conscious Sacrifice -- The Trap of Toughening and Putting to the Test -- The Language Demon -- Why Must Self-criticism Be Carried out in Public? -- The Destruction of Self-discipline -- The Destruction of External Discipline -- Utilizing the Sense of Shame to Shatter the Sense of Shame -- A Myth about Laborers -- A Reflection -- or an Image "in Reverse"? -- Filial Devotion and Loyalty to the Rulers -- Begin in Obedience and End in Obedience -- Getting "Well-Remolded" Amounts to Getting Intimidated -- Remolding is Nothing Other than Taming. |
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In Evading Freedom, One Evades Responsibility -- 4. On Evasion -- Evasion by Foot-dragging -- The Rejected and the Weary -- Idealists Who Went Astray -- Rebellion among Evaders -- Between Taming and Rebellion -- The Legitimization of Evasion -- Evasion as Being Tamed -- Evading the Persecuted -- Indifference and Forgetfulness -- The Rationalization of Evasion -- 5. On Rebellion -- What is Rebellion? -- The Meaning of Writing a Letter to Chairman Mao -- Format is More Important Than Content -- Regarding Subconscious Rebellion -- Opposing Thought Remolding and Opposing Totalitarian Rule -- Earthquakes from within the System -- The Bankruptcy of Phony Politics -- The Rebellion of Liberalism -- The Current Condition of Liberalism -- Gaining the Privilege of Rebellion -- 6. The Bane of Cynicism -- Authoritarianism and Cynics -- The Communist Party and Cynicism. |
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What Does "the Transition from a Revolutionary Party to a Ruling Party" Mean? -- Why is It "No to Reform and Wait for Death; Yes to Reform and Court Death"? -- Cynicism and Fear -- and the Notion that You Are "Better-Off Muddleheaded" -- The Idea of Liberal Democracy -- Only with Faith in it is it Efficacious -- Hip Cynicism -- Doctrinal Cynicism -- The Political Game of Pretending to Obey -- The Cynic's Self-deception and Deceiving of Others -- 7. Struggling for the Freedom of Thought -- Quandaries of Existence -- An Analysis of Some Peculiar Phenomena -- Why Are There Still People Who Want to Join the Party? -- Why Some Dissidents Are Willing to Remain in the Party. |
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Why Some Persons Severely Persecuted by the CCP Would Continue to Express Their Loyalty to the CCP -- Why Do Party Members Rarely Withdraw from the Party, and Why Do Officials Rarely Resign? -- Why Would Many Persons Still Remain Within the System Even When Various Exits are Available? -- Why Do Quite a Few People Always Place Their Hopes in the CCP? -- Rational Choice Theory -- Normative Theory -- The Power of Example -- Structuralist Theory -- Coercion and Incentives for By-Products -- The Impact of Societal Scale on Collective Action -- The Necessity and Limitations of Drawing on Official Mass Communication Outlets -- A Struggle for Recognition -- Desire, Reason and Spiritedness -- Knowledge and Behavior -- The Special Features of Late Communist Totalitarian Rule -- Dauntlessly Moving Forward in a Measured Stride. |
Summary |
This authoritative work on the Chinese Communist party's practices of reeducation and indoctrination, supersedes all previous works by bringing into account recent events. Hu Ping has provided a rich and rigorous study based not only in historical research and numerous compelling case studies of Chinese intellectuals, but also in a first person account of his own experience of Maoist thought "remolding." The Thought Remolding Campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-State is an important history not only of the reeducation programs, but of the interrogation processes of the Party, and the strat. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Intellectual freedom -- China.
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Brainwashing -- China.
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Communist self-criticism.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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Asia.
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China.
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East Asia, Far East.
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History.
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History: earliest times to present day.
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Humanities.
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Marxism and Communism.
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Political control and freedoms.
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Political ideologies.
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Political oppression and persecution.
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Political structure and processes.
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Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship.
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Politics and government.
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Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
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Society and culture: general.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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Brainwashing. (OCoLC)fst00837790
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Communist self-criticism. (OCoLC)fst00870600
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Intellectual freedom. (OCoLC)fst00975768
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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Chronological Term |
Since 1949
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hu, Ping, 1947- Thought remolding campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-state. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012 9789089644107 (OCoLC)794707006 |
ISBN |
9789048515912 (electronic bk.) |
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9048515912 (electronic bk.) |
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9789089644107 |
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9089644105 |
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9781283698320 |
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1283698323 |