Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi

Afterlives of Chinese Communism includes essays from over 40 world-renowned scholars in the China field, from different disciplines, and continents. It provides an indispensable guide for understanding how the intellectual legacies of the Mao era shape Chinese politics today. Each chapter discusses a concept or practice from the Mao era, what it attempted in its historical context, and what has become of it since. The authors respond to the legacy of Maoism in each their own way, to consider what lessons Chinese Communism can offer today and whether there is a future for the egalitarian politics that Communism once promised.

Authors include:
Joel Andreas, Tani Barlow, Lin Chun, Alex Sasha Day, Michael Dutton, Dai Jinhua, Rebecca Karl, Gao Mobo, Elizabeth Perry, Alessandro Russo