Creating the New Man : : From Enlightenment Ideals to Socialist Realities / / Yinghong Cheng.
The idea of eliminating undesirable traits from human temperament to create a "new man" has been part of moral and political thinking worldwide for millennia. During the Enlightenment, European philosophers sought to construct an ideological framework for reshaping human nature. But it was...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From the Enlightenment to the Soviet New Man
- 2. "Be Mao's Good Soldiers": Creating the New Man in China
- 3. "Let Them All Become Che": Creating the New Man in Cuba
- 4. The Global Impact of the Communist New Man
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author