Chinese intellectuals as a class and their role in the crisis of Chinese modernity.
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Title
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Chinese intellectuals as a class and their role in the crisis of Chinese modernity.
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Identifier
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AAI9530880
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identifier
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9530880
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Creator
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Hao, Zhidong.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Stanley Aronowitz
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Date
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1995
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Social Structure and Development | Political Science, General | History, Asia, Australia and Oceania
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Abstract
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In the past five years, the political repression of dissident intellectuals and the rapid development of market economy have put intellectuals in an unprecedented position: they are on their way to becoming a class. The dissertation first delineates a synthetic typology of intellectuals based on their relations to other social groups, i.e. in addition to the general distinction of humanistic and technical intellectuals (or intellectuals and intelligentsia) as Gouldner would propose, I suggest that we view intellectuals mainly according to their political attitudes as Gramsci suggests. Starting from Gramsci's conception of intellectuals, I propose we distinguish between organic, unattached and critical intellectuals. But do they form a class if they have such diverse political interests?;In the dissertation, I try to prove that they can form a class because they share (1) cultural capital as their economic basis as well as political basis, (2) a calling and the culture of critical discourse (CCD) which provide them with more political foundation, (3) intellectual communities in and outside the country as their organizational basis, and (4) a consciousness fostered by political and economic alienation. The major components of the class will be the unattached and critical intellectuals.;However, a unified class requires that intellectuals develop their national discursive party or parities and the flaws of the CCD and the Chinese culture be overcome. More clearly defined interests and consciousness are also necessary for an intellectual class formation. The development of an intellectual class is important in resolving the Chinese modernity crisis in terms of ecology, ideology, politics, education, and the conditions of the working class. Both historical and contemporary evidence is cited to substantiate the typology and the class hypothesis, and the survey method, the interpretive method and the historical method are used to gather and interpret data.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
