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Heretics in Revolutionary China
The Ideas and Identities of Two Cantonese Socialists, 1917â1928
Series: - China Studies, Volume: 51
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In this book, Xuduo Zhao revisits the early twentieth-century Chinese revolution by focusing on two forgotten Cantonese socialists: Chen Gongbo and Tan Pingshan. By analyzing a host of previously untapped primary sources, Zhao discovers a social democratic approach within the newly founded Chinese Communist Party and argues that its decline marked a key moment in the Chinese communist movement.
The study of these two figures, and the ebbs and flows of their lives, reflects and reveals the fundamental tensions in the Chinese revolution which have shaped Chinaâs political trajectory to contemporary times and the broader political, social, and cultural landscapes of Republican China.
The study of these two figures, and the ebbs and flows of their lives, reflects and reveals the fundamental tensions in the Chinese revolution which have shaped Chinaâs political trajectory to contemporary times and the broader political, social, and cultural landscapes of Republican China.
Xuduo Zhao, Ph.D. (2019), University of York, is Boya Postdoctoral Fellow at Peking University. He has published several articles in leading journals of Chinese studies, including Modern China and Twentieth-Century China.
Acknowledgements
list of Abbreviations
Introduction
â1 The Decline of Social Democracy: a Turning Point
â2 Reflections on the Origin of Twentieth-Century Chinese Radicalism
â3 A Fundamental Conundrum: between Governance and Revolution
â4 Political Ideas and Social Identities: a Dynamic Entanglement
â5 The Structure of the Book
1 Between Province and Capital (1917â1920)
â1 Tan Pingshan: Climbing the Ladder
â2 Making Sense of the Education Reforms
â3 Chen Gongbo: off the Track
â4
PKU
: a Cultural Field
â5 Learning to Be an Intellectual: Tan Pingshan and Chen Gongbo at
PKU
â6 Reception and Reinterpretation of Marxism
2 Between Democracy and Revolution (1920â1922)
â1 The Discredited Establishment
â2 Zhengheng: a Prelude to Social Democracy
â3 Mapping the World: the Advent of the Age of Revolution
â4 Making Sense of Marxism: Cantonese Social Democracy
â5 Rationality, Debate, and Socialism: Creating a Public Cultural Space
3 Between Sun and Chen (1922)
â1 The June 16th Incident
â2 To Choose between Sun and Chen: an Enigmatic Quarrel within the
CCP
â3 A Difficult Decision to Make: the Communists in Shanghai
â4 A Vague Relationship: Chen Jiongming and the Cantonese Communists
â5 Behind the Mystery: the Origin of the Rumor
â6 The Identity Problem: Intellectual vs. Revolutionary
4 Between Revolutionary and Politician (1923â1928)
â1 Transforming into a Revolutionary: the Start of the Nationalist Revolution
â2 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma in Guangzhou
â3 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma Again in Wuhan
â4 Building a Revolutionary Party: a Way Out?
5 Between Communism and Nationalism (1923â1928)
â1 The Rise of Materialist Historiography in China
â2 The School of âNew Historyâ and Hayesâ Historical Writings
â3 Chen Gongboâs Historical Practices
â4 Chen Gongboâs Interest in British Anti-Imperialism
â5 Locating Chen Gongboâs Left-Wing
GMD
Program
Conclusion
â1 The Abandonment of Social Democracy
â2 Revolution and Counter-Revolution
â3 Nationalism and Socialism
Appendix: Events in Republican China (1915â1920)
Bibliography
Index
list of Abbreviations
Introduction
â1 The Decline of Social Democracy: a Turning Point
â2 Reflections on the Origin of Twentieth-Century Chinese Radicalism
â3 A Fundamental Conundrum: between Governance and Revolution
â4 Political Ideas and Social Identities: a Dynamic Entanglement
â5 The Structure of the Book
1 Between Province and Capital (1917â1920)
â1 Tan Pingshan: Climbing the Ladder
â2 Making Sense of the Education Reforms
â3 Chen Gongbo: off the Track
â4
â5 Learning to Be an Intellectual: Tan Pingshan and Chen Gongbo at
â6 Reception and Reinterpretation of Marxism
2 Between Democracy and Revolution (1920â1922)
â1 The Discredited Establishment
â2 Zhengheng: a Prelude to Social Democracy
â3 Mapping the World: the Advent of the Age of Revolution
â4 Making Sense of Marxism: Cantonese Social Democracy
â5 Rationality, Debate, and Socialism: Creating a Public Cultural Space
3 Between Sun and Chen (1922)
â1 The June 16th Incident
â2 To Choose between Sun and Chen: an Enigmatic Quarrel within the
â3 A Difficult Decision to Make: the Communists in Shanghai
â4 A Vague Relationship: Chen Jiongming and the Cantonese Communists
â5 Behind the Mystery: the Origin of the Rumor
â6 The Identity Problem: Intellectual vs. Revolutionary
4 Between Revolutionary and Politician (1923â1928)
â1 Transforming into a Revolutionary: the Start of the Nationalist Revolution
â2 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma in Guangzhou
â3 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma Again in Wuhan
â4 Building a Revolutionary Party: a Way Out?
5 Between Communism and Nationalism (1923â1928)
â1 The Rise of Materialist Historiography in China
â2 The School of âNew Historyâ and Hayesâ Historical Writings
â3 Chen Gongboâs Historical Practices
â4 Chen Gongboâs Interest in British Anti-Imperialism
â5 Locating Chen Gongboâs Left-Wing
Conclusion
â1 The Abandonment of Social Democracy
â2 Revolution and Counter-Revolution
â3 Nationalism and Socialism
Appendix: Events in Republican China (1915â1920)
Bibliography
Index
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