Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future

Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780197575505,0197575501,9780197575529, 0197575528

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0197575528
• ISBN 13: 9780197575529
• Author: Ian Johnson

Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future describes how some of China’s best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on its most hallowed ground: its control of history.

The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism’s triumph. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. Indeed, one of Xi Jinping’s signature policies is the control of history, which he equates with the party’s survival.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: The Landscape of Memory

2. The Ditch

3. The Sacrifice

4. Spark

5. History as Weapon

6. History as Myth

7. The Limits of Amnesia

8. The Lost City

9. The Gateway

10. Remembrance

11. Lay Down Your Butcher’s Knife

12. Virus

13. Empire

14. The Land of Hermits

15. Conclusion: Learning to Walk Underground

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