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1 online resource. |
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ICAS Publications
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ICAS publications series.
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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 Characteristics" -- Does Thought Remolding Have Any Theoretical Foundation? -- Absurdity Beneath the Seriousness and 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 -- Actual Political Function of Thought Remolding -- From "Establishing a Proletarian Weltanschauung" to "Maintaining Unity with Party Central" -- 2. How Was Thought Remolding Possible? |
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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? -- Bifurcated Essence of Thought Remolding -- Coercion of Truth -- Utility of Truth -- Class Nature of Truth and the Problem of Standpoint -- Beware of "Begging the Question" -- Ambiguity of Facts -- Ambiguity of Values -- Conformity -- Consistency -- 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." |
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Mobilizing Others to Receive Instruction -- "First Impressions are the Strongest" and "Once You Form a Habit, Following it Comes Naturally" -- Power of Oversimplification -- "Giving an Injection of a Preventive Inoculation" -- Hierarchical System of "Study" [xuexi] -- An Affective Style of Propaganda -- Controlling Function of Collective Rituals -- Criticism and Self-Criticism -- From Prohibition to Renunciation -- Transition from Compelled Conduct to Voluntary Conduct -- Strategy of Violating Dignity -- Chastity of Those Who Have Lost Their Chastity -- 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." |
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First Strategy of Criticism: A Ferocious Clap (1) -- A Ferocious Clap (2) -- 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 -- Emotional Need to Identify with One's Oppressors -- Self-conscious Sacrifice -- Trap of Toughening and Putting to the Test -- Language Demon -- Why Must Self-criticism Be Carried out in Public? -- Destruction of Self-discipline -- 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. |
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In Evading Freedom, One Evades Responsibility -- 4. On Evasion -- Evasion by Foot-dragging -- Rejected and the Weary -- Idealists Who Went Astray -- Rebellion among Evaders -- Between Taming and Rebellion -- Legitimization of Evasion -- Evasion as Being Tamed -- Evading the Persecuted -- Indifference and Forgetfulness -- Rationalization of Evasion -- 5. On Rebellion -- What is Rebellion? -- 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 -- Bankruptcy of Phony Politics -- Rebellion of Liberalism -- Current Condition of Liberalism -- Gaining the Privilege of Rebellion -- 6. Bane of Cynicism -- Authoritarianism and Cynics -- Communist Party and Cynicism. |
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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" -- Idea of Liberal Democracy -- Only with Faith in it is it Efficacious -- Hip Cynicism -- Doctrinal Cynicism -- Political Game of Pretending to Obey -- 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. |
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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 -- Power of Example -- Structuralist Theory -- Coercion and Incentives for By-Products -- Impact of Societal Scale on Collective Action -- Necessity and Limitations of Drawing on Official Mass Communication Outlets -- A Struggle for Recognition -- Desire, Reason and Spiritedness -- Knowledge and Behavior -- Special Features of Late Communist Totalitarian Rule -- Dauntlessly Moving Forward in a Measured Stride. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
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Political parties -- China.
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Political parties. |
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China. |
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China -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ping, Hu. Thought remolding campaign of the Chinese communist party-state. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012 9789089644107 9089644105 |
| ISBN |
9048515912 (electronic book) |
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9789048515912 (electronic book) |
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1283698323 |
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9781283698320 |
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9789089644107 |
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9089644105 |
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