Optimism, Literature, and Culture in American Capitalism and Chinese Socialism - Hardcover
by Wendy Larson
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198957928ISBN-10:198957920UPC:9780198957928Book Category:Literary Criticism, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:20th Century, Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismSize:9.28 x 6.51 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2DVCGHT5
Optimism, Literature, and Culture in American Capitalism and Chinese Socialism
This book examines and interprets the uncanny similarity between capitalism and socialism over the twentieth century as both systems found ways to encourage happiness and optimism in their citizens. As inheritors of the Enlightenment's emphasis on scientific rationality, these cultures sought to instill in their citizens a belief in progress: in essence, history shows steady improvement, and the...
Series: Global Asias
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198957928ISBN-10:198957920UPC:9780198957928Book Category:Literary Criticism, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Modern, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:20th Century, Communism, Post-Communism & SocialismSize:9.28 x 6.51 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC2DVCGHT5
Wendy Larson, Professor Emeritus, East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon Wendy Larson is Professor Emerita of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Oregon. Her research has focused on the negotiations of Chinese filmmakers and writers with the conditions of modernity and globalization, and includes monographs on Chinese autobiography, gender and literary...
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