Examining "The end of revolution": a foretaste of Wang Hui’s thought

Horesh, Niv; Sullivan, Jonathan

Abstract

Wang Hui is a significant contemporary Chinese thinker and a key representative of Chinese New Left thought. This article provides a critical review of some of the themes that emerge from Wang’s The End of Revolution as a means of situating his position in China’s intellectual landscape, with a particular mind to exploring the historicity of Wang’s thought as it informs his views. The essay engages some of the key discursive threads in The End of Revolution and provides a critical overview of Wang’s positions on neoliberalism, the tension between Western articulations of modernity and China’s own self-image.

Citation

Horesh, N., & Sullivan, J. (2014). Examining "The end of revolution": a foretaste of Wang Hui’s thought. China Report, 50(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0009445514523647

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 18, 2015
• Journal: China Report
• Print ISSN: 0009-4455
• Electronic ISSN: 0009-4455
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0009445514523647
• Keywords: Wang Hui, New Left, Modernity, State, Nation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/995846
• Publisher URL: http://chr.sagepub.com/content/50/2/151.abstract