China after Reform
The Ideological, Constitutional, and Organisational Makings of a New Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12952668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heike Holbig (0000-0002-3406-2600, Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 187-207 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1868-1026 • E-ISSN: 1868-4874 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/186810261804700307 |
| OpenAlex | W2968629422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
In late 2017, the Chinese Communist Party proclaimed the “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” Most observers interpreted this step as just another update of the party's ideological canon to accommodate Xi's ambition to increase his personal power, following in the footsteps of Mao Zedong. This contribution argues that we can achieve a better understanding of the claim about a “new era,” if this claim is analysed diachronically as an ongoing process of constructing “chrono-ideological narratives” that link past and future, as well as synchronically in the larger context of recent constitutional and organisational changes. It finds that the “new era” discourse might, in the longer term, have ramifications not only for China's domestic politics but also for the country's self-image in the international arena too
China · Communism · Context (archaeology · Ideology · Law and economics · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Socialism · Sociology · Soft power · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Postmodernism in Literature and Education
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |