Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China
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Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures and Tables
  6. About the Author
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: Autocracy and Its People
  10. 1 People’s Hearts as the Regime of Regimes
  11. 2 Restoring Normalcy during Involution
  12. 3 Governing Hong Kong by Loving the Nation
  13. 4 Pandemic Nationalism from Wuhan to across China
  14. 5 Xi Jinping’s Quest for Acceptance
  15. 6 Relational Democracy of Confucianism
  16. 7 A Pluriversal Dialogue with Ubuntu
  17. Conclusion: Balancing Dominance and Belonging
  18. Appendix: The Diagrammatic Logic of Counter-governmentality
  19. References
  20. Index