This book contends that the massacre of civilians in Beijing on
June Fourth 1989 was a pivotal rupture in both Chinese and world
history. If not for that day, China’s socioeconomic, political
and cultural landscape would not have undergone the kind of
dramatic transformation that has made China rich but unequal, open
but hyper-nationalist, moralistic but immoral and unhappy. Through
the lens of global history the book revisits the drama of Tiananmen
and demonstrates how it unfolded, ended, and ultimately how that
ending – in a consensus of forgetting – came to shape the world
of the 21st century. It offers a theorization on the inclusion of
China into global capitalism and argues that the planetary project
of neoliberalism has been prolonged by China’s market reforms.
This has resulted in an ongoing convergence of economic and
authoritarian political practices that transcend otherwise
contrasting political systems. With China’s growing global
influence, the late leader Deng Xiaoping’s statement that
«development is a hard truth» increasingly conveys the logic of
our contemporary world.
General
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Release date: |
May 2016 |
| First published: |
2016 |
| Authors: |
Johan Lagerkvist
|
| Dimensions: |
225 x 150 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
364 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-432005-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
3-03-432005-1 |
| Barcode: |
9783034320054 |
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