Dialectic of the Chinese Revolution

In a comparative philosophical perspective, Jiwei Ci provides an thought-provoking philosophical and psychological interpretation of the history of Chinese revolution from Maoist utopianism to reform-era hedonism. Ci argues against the common conception of the Maoist project as ascetic utopianism. Instead, he sees sublimated hedonism as an integral part of utopianism, and through ideological bankruptcy caused by the irreconcilable separation between reality and meaning creates nihilism, in turn leading to full-scale hedonism. Under this universalizing framework, Ci presents the materialist roots of Maoism his detour on the road to capitalism, reframes the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution as struggles against the routinization or depersonalization of charisma,and even reinterprets the Democracy movement and recent anti-corruption agitation as inherently hedonistic.

安·范德米尔（Ann VanderMeer） 美国出版人、编辑，著名幻想杂志《诡丽幻谭》主编。其编选的科幻和奇幻选集和杂志曾获得过一次雨果奖、三次雨果奖提名、一次世界奇幻奖和一次英国奇幻奖。 杰夫·范德米尔（Jeff VanderMeer） 美国作家、编辑及文学批评家，被《纽约客》誉为“怪谭小说之王”。代表作为《纽约时报》畅销书《遗落的南境》三部曲（《湮灭》《当权者》《接纳》）。