Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281284 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Publisher: 
Pluto Press, London
Abstract: 
The contradictions of modernisation run through the whole of modern Chinese history. The abundance of manufactured goods being sold in the west attests to China's industrial revolution, but this capitalist vision of 'utopia' sits uneasily with traditional Chinese values. It is also in conflict with the socialism that has been the bedrock of Chinese society since the foundation of the People's Republic in 1949. Utopia and Modernity in China examines the conflicts inherent in China's attempt to achieve a 'utopia' by advancing production and technology. Through the lenses of literature, arts, law, the press and the environment, the contributors interrogate the contradictions of modernisation in Chinese society and its fundamental challenges. By unpicking both China's vision of utopia and its realities and the increasing tension between traditional Chinese values and those of the west, this book offers a unique insight into the cultural forces that are part of reshaping today's China.
Subjects: 
China and the west
Chinese relations with the west
Chinese Communist Revolution
Chinese Communist Party
Political fiction
Political film
International law
Eco-aesthetics
Cultural change
Xi Jinping
Chinese modernity
Chinese press
chinese culture
Chinese film
chinese literature
chinese history
chinese modernisation
chinese capitalism
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
9780745341583
Creative Commons License: 
cc-by-nc-nd Logo
Document Type: 
Book
Appears in Collections:

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.