Complicitous
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7094448 |
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| Authors | Christopher Leigh Connery (University of California, Santa Cruz), Christopher Connery (University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 642-649 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9373 • E-ISSN: 1469-8447 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649373.2021.1996690 |
| OpenAlex | W4205831053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Taking as its point of departure the late work of Arif Dirlik that was highly critical of the PRC state, this essay traces some of the conundrums and contradictions in the relationship between western left scholars of China, PRC “left” intellectuals, and the Chinese state over the last several decades. It suggests that, especially during the Xi Jinping era, PRC “left” intellectuals’ over-identification with the state limits critical possibilities. Inequality, patriarchy, environmental degradation, oppression of workers, and other phenomena that one would expect to be the targets of left critique receive relatively limited attention. The left focuses more on socialist legacies, and on a kind of “virtual socialism” that could be at one point be realized thanks to massive state capacity. Arif Dirlik’s “liberationist” socialism is a useful corrective to this. Still, the diminution of critical left voices in the PRC is a loss for left critique worldwide
China · Inequality · Left behind · Oppression · Patriarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science · Cultural and Social Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Social Issues · Political theory and Gramsci · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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