Heretics in Revolutionary China : : The Ideas and Identities of Two Cantonese Socialists, 1917-1928.

• Superior document: China Studies ; v.51
• Author: Zhao, Xuduo.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: China Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 pages)

Through analysis of untapped sources, Xuduo Zhao tells the captivating stories of two forgotten Cantonese socialists and discovers a key moment in the history of the Chinese revolution, which has shaped China's political trajectory to the present day.

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 The Decline of Social Democracy: a Turning Point
• 2 Reflections on the Origin of Twentieth-Century Chinese Radicalism
• 3 A Fundamental Conundrum: between Governance and Revolution
• 4 Political Ideas and Social Identities: a Dynamic Entanglement
• 5 The Structure of the Book
• 1 Between Province and Capital (1917-1920)
• 1 Tan Pingshan: Climbing the Ladder
• 2 Making Sense of the Education Reforms
• 3 Chen Gongbo: off the Track
• 4 PKU: a Cultural Field
• 5 Learning to Be an Intellectual: Tan Pingshan and Chen Gongbo at PKU
• 6 Reception and Reinterpretation of Marxism
• 2 Between Democracy and Revolution (1920-1922)
• 1 The Discredited Establishment
• 2 Zhengheng: a Prelude to Social Democracy
• 3 Mapping the World: the Advent of the Age of Revolution
• 4 Making Sense of Marxism: Cantonese Social Democracy
• 5 Rationality, Debate, and Socialism: Creating a Public Cultural Space
• 3 Between Sun and Chen (1922)
• 1 The June 16th Incident
• 2 To Choose between Sun and Chen: an Enigmatic Quarrel within the CCP
• 3 A Difficult Decision to Make: the Communists in Shanghai
• 4 A Vague Relationship: Chen Jiongming and the Cantonese Communists
• 5 Behind the Mystery: the Origin of the Rumor
• 6 The Identity Problem: Intellectual vs. Revolutionary
• 4 Between Revolutionary and Politician (1923-1928)
• 1 Transforming into a Revolutionary: the Start of the Nationalist Revolution
• 2 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma in Guangzhou
• 3 Revolutionary vs. Politician: a Dilemma Again in Wuhan
• 4 Building a Revolutionary Party: a Way Out?
• 5 Between Communism and Nationalism (1923-1928)
• 1 The Rise of Materialist Historiography in China
• 2 The School of "New History" and Hayes' Historical Writings
• 3 Chen Gongbo's Historical Practices.
• 4 Chen Gongbo's Interest in British Anti-Imperialism
• 5 Locating Chen Gongbo's Left-Wing GMD Program
• Conclusion
• 1 The Abandonment of Social Democracy
• 2 Revolution and Counter-Revolution
• 3 Nationalism and Socialism
• Appendix: Events in Republican China (1915-1920)
• Bibliography
• Newspapers and Archives
• 1. Chinese Newspapers and Magazines
• 2. English Newspapers and Magazines
• 3. Archives
• Books, Chapters, and Articles
• Index.