Intellectuals and Social Movements in 20th century China
Seconde partie du séminaire de Sebastian Veg (EHESS, associé CECMC), « Histoire intellectuelle de la Chine moderne et contemporaine », qui se tiendra du 4 avril au 6 juin 2023.
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Histoire intellectuelle de la Chine au 20e siècle
Intellectuals and Social Movements in 20th century China
2d semestre, 2022-23
Tous les mardi de 9h30 à 12h30, du 4 avril au 6 juin 2023.
Salle 50 (les 4 et 11 avril), puis Salle gradinée (18/4 au 6/6), bât. de l’EHESS, Campus Condorcet, 93300 Aubervilliers
La page du séminaire sera actualisée au fur et à mesure : https://enseignements.ehess.fr/2022-2023/ue/75
Les documents sont disponibles via Dropbox
Présentation
Are intellectuals as knowledge producers generally at the vanguard of social movements, or are social movements themselves producers of knowledge that movement intellectuals only collect and rationalize ? This theoretical question may receive different replies in different contexts. Intellectuals are often considered to have played a central role in China’s “short twentieth century” from the May Fourth movement of 1919 to the democracy movement of 1989. Who were China’s modern intellectuals and how did they interact with the rest of Chinese society ? What was their role in the mass mobilizations that took place repeatedly in China and on its margins throughout the century ? This seminar will adopt theoretical and empirical perspectives to reconsider this question.
1. Introduction: Intellectuals and social movements; History and Social sciences (4 April) – – Room/Salle 50
Readings (available via Dropbox – please read one of the following chapters before the first class):
– William H. Sewell Jr, Logics of History. Social Theory and Social Transformation, Chicago, U Chicago Press. 2005, chap. 1 “Theory, History and Social Science,” pp. 1-21.
– Ron Eyerman, Andrew Jamison. Social Movements. A Cognitive Approach. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991. chap. 2 “Social Movements as Cognitive Praxis,” p. 45-65.
– Elizabeth J. Perry, “Challenging The Mandate Of Heaven: Popular Protest in Modern China,” Critical Asian Studies, 33:2 (2001), p. 163-180.
2. Social Movements and ideas in contemporary Hong Kong (11 April) -Room/ Salle 50
11:00-12:30: Guest lecture by Prof. Jeffrey Wasserstrom (UC Irvine): “Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Protest and Repression in 21st Century Hong Kong”
3. May Fourth 1919, the new intellectuals and the impact of Marxism (18 April)
4. The Anti-Civil War Movement and the Third Force intellectuals (9 May)
5. Social Movements in Maoist China: 1957 and its aftermath (16 May)
6. Hong Kong Protests of 1966-1967 and their impact on intellectuals (23 May)
7. Intellectuals and Taiwan’s democracy movement in the 1980s (30 May)
8. The Tiananmen movement and global 1989 (6 June)
Contact : veg@ehess.fr
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Monique Abud (28 mars 2023). Intellectuals and Social Movements in 20th century China. Carnets du Centre Chine (CNRS/EHESS). Consulté le 13 novembre 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mhcc

