The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China
Download or Read eBook The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China PDF written by C. Lynteris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : C. Lynteris |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2012-10-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137293831 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137293837 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Spirit of Selflessness in Maoist China by : C. Lynteris
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'.