Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Toward a Discourse Theory of Politics FICTIVE TRUTHS AND LOGICAL INFERENCES Four Struggles Three Stories One Line YAN'AN AS A MOBILIZATION SPACE The Surviving Yan'anites The Terrain on the Ground Yan'an as a Revolutionary Simulacrum THE POWER OF SYMBOLIC CAPITAL Exegetical Bonding and the Phenomenology of Confession Foucault's Paradox and the Politics of Contending Discourses Appendix: Cadre Schools in the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region, 1935-1945 Notes Index

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Revolutionary Discourse in Mao's Republic should become a central text in rethinking Maoism, Chinese politics and social theory...This work has the mark of genius. -- Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, Madison Apter and Saich have given us a true tour de force, rich in ideas, powerful in its sweep and beautifully written. China specialists may disagree with certain themes, but they will be forced to rethink their positions, and specialist or generalist, the reader will be rewarded by new approaches to many of the central issues surrounding Chinese Communism. -- Robert A. Scalapino, University of California, Berkeley A masterly presentation of a vital issue with far-reaching implications for China scholars, students of East Asian thought and politics, and those who are interested in cultural studies. Apter and Saich have authored an important book, scholarly, sound and full of interpretive brilliance. -- Tu Wei-ming, Harvard University

About the Author

David E. Apter was Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Comparative Political and Social Development at Yale University. Tony Saich is Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Director the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at Harvard Kennedy School. His books include Finding Allies and Making Revolution: The Early Years of the Chinese Communist Party and Governance and Politics of China.

Reviews

Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic should become a central text in rethinking Maoism, Chinese politics and social theory… This work has the mark of genius.
*Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin–Madison*

Apter and Saich have given us a true tour de force, rich in ideas, powerful in its sweep, and beautifully written. China specialists may disagree with certain themes, but they will be forced to rethink their positions, and specialist or generalist, the reader will be rewarded by new approaches to many of the central issues surrounding Chinese Communism.
*Robert A. Scalapino, University of California, Berkeley*

A masterly presentation of a vital issue with far-reaching implications for China scholars, students of East Asian thought and politics, and those who are interested in cultural studies. Apter and Saich have authored an important book, scholarly, sound and full of interpretive brilliance.
*Tu Wei-ming, Harvard University*