The Compelling Ideal
Kiely, Jan. The compelling ideal : thought reform and the prison camp in China, 1901-1956. New Haven ; London : Yale university press, 2014. X-403 p. ISBN : 978-0-300-18594-2.
In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedong’s revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in China’s prison system, Kiely’s thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use.
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Voir aussi
- Dikötter, Frank. Crime, punishment and the prison in modern China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong university press, 2002, 441 p.
Ouvrage disponible à la bibliothèque du CECMC - Dikötter, Frank. The Emergence of Labour Camps in Shandong Province, 1942-1950. The China Quarterly, 175 (September 2003), pp. 803-817. URL : http://www.frankdikotter.com/publications/shandong-laogai.pdf (Consulté le 29 octobre 2014).
- Mühlhan, Klaus. The Dark Side of Globalization: The Concentration Camps in Republican China in Global Perspective. World History Connected, March 2009. URL : http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/6.1/muhlhahn.html (Consulté le 29 octobre 2014).
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In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedong’s revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in China’s prison system, Kiely’s thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use.