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The thought remolding campaign of the Chinese Communist Party-State /
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 o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | ICAS publications series. Monographs ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. What is Thought Remolding?
- Thought Remolding and "Brainwashing"
- Restrictions upon the Scope of the Problem
- Did Marxism Ever Discuss Thought Remolding?
- Thought Remolding : Totalitarianism with Decidedly "Chinese Characters"
- Does Thought Remolding Have Any Theoretical Foundation?
- Absurdity Beneath the Seriousness Behind the Absurdity
- Thought Remolding Differs from the Development of Thought
- Thought Remolding and Moral Self-cultivation are Superficially Similar but Different in Spirit
- Thought Remolding as the Negation of Thought
- Thought Remolding is a Logical Paradox
- The Actual Political Function of Thought Remolding
- From "Establishing a Proletarian Weltanschauung" to "Maintaining Unity with Party Central."
- 2. How Was Thought Remolding Possible?
- 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"
- 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."
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.