國立虎尾科技大學 |

The spirit of selflessness in Maoist China = socialist medicine and the new man /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The spirit of selflessness in Maoist China/ Christos Lynteris.
Reminder of title:	socialist medicine and the new man /
Author:	Lynteris, Christos.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Pivot, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Socialism - History - 20th century. - China -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137293831
ISBN:	9781137293831 (electronic bk.)

The spirit of selflessness in Maoist China = socialist medicine and the new man /
Lynteris, Christos.

The spirit of selflessness in Maoist Chinasocialist medicine and the new man /[electronic resource] :Christos Lynteris. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Pivot,2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes index.

Bibl. ref. & index

The Sublimation of Skill -- Self-Cultivation: Confucian Roots -- Red or Expert? -- Abolishing the Self as Private Property -- Conclusion -- Appendix: 'In Memory of Norman Bethune'.

Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? On the one hand, led by Liu Shaoqi, the proponents of the technocracy advocated self-cultivation. Led by Mao Zedong, their opponents advocated the exact opposite technique: the abolition of the self and the institution of a mass subjectivity. Examining this conflict through the analytical lens of Foucault's 'technologies of the self' and in relation to biopolitics, the book explores how the battle for the self in Maoist China revolved around the interpretation of the 'spirit of selflessness' as embodied by the heroic Canadian doctor, Norman Bethune, who lost his life as a volunteer doctor of the Red Army. The book narrates how, called to embody this selfless spirit, medical doctors were trapped in a spiral between cultivation and abolition, leading to the explosion of ideology during the Cultural Revolution.

ISBN: 9781137293831 (electronic bk.)

Source: 649655Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

939233
Socialism
--History--China--20th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS778.M3 / L96 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 335.00951

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WZ 70.JC6

The spirit of selflessness in Maoist China = socialist medicine and the new man /
LDR:02738cam 2200469Ka 4500 001 765995
003 OCoLC
005 20130621115125.0
006 m o d
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 140107s2012 enk o 000 0 eng d
019 $a 819378738 $a 819631970
020 $a 9781137293831 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 1137293837 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9781137293824 (Cloth)
020 $a 1137293829 (Cloth)
020 $a 9781283717335 (MyiLibrary)
020 $a 1283717336 (MyiLibrary)
035 $a (OCoLC)815956959 $z (OCoLC)819378738 $z (OCoLC)819631970
035 $a ocn815956959
037 $a 649655 $b Palgrave Macmillan $n http://www.palgraveconnect.com
040 $a UKPGM $b eng $c UKPGM $d N$T $d CDX $d OCLCO $d IDEBK $d WAU
043 $a a-cc---
049 $a TEFA
050 4 $a DS778.M3 $b L96 2012
060 $a WZ 70.JC6
072 7 $a POL $x 005000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a SOC $2 eflch
072 7 $a HBJF $2 bicssc
082 0 4 $a 335.00951 $2 23
100 1 $a Lynteris, Christos. $3 939232
245 1 4 $a The spirit of selflessness in Maoist China $h [electronic resource] : $b socialist medicine and the new man / $c Christos Lynteris.
260 $a Basingstoke : $b Palgrave Pivot, $c 2012.
300 $a 1 online resource.
500 $a Includes index.
504 $a Bibl. ref. & index
505 0 $a The Sublimation of Skill -- Self-Cultivation: Confucian Roots -- Red or Expert? -- Abolishing the Self as Private Property -- Conclusion -- Appendix: 'In Memory of Norman Bethune'.
520 $a Assuming power in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party was faced with a crucial problem: how to construct the socialist 'New Man'? On the one hand, led by Liu Shaoqi, the proponents of the technocracy advocated self-cultivation. Led by Mao Zedong, their opponents advocated the exact opposite technique: the abolition of the self and the institution of a mass subjectivity. Examining this conflict through the analytical lens of Foucault's 'technologies of the self' and in relation to biopolitics, the book explores how the battle for the self in Maoist China revolved around the interpretation of the 'spirit of selflessness' as embodied by the heroic Canadian doctor, Norman Bethune, who lost his life as a volunteer doctor of the Red Army. The book narrates how, called to embody this selfless spirit, medical doctors were trapped in a spiral between cultivation and abolition, leading to the explosion of ideology during the Cultural Revolution.
588 $a Description based on publisher supplied information.
650 0 $a Socialism $z China $x History $y 20th century. $3 939233
650 0 $a Social medicine $z China $x History. $3 939234
650 0 $a Physicians $z China $x History $y 20th century. $3 939235
650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism $2 bisacsh $3 834491
655 4 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
856 4 0 $3 Palgrave Connect $u http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137293831
938 $a EBSCOhost $b EBSC $n 502075
938 $a Coutts Information Services $b COUT $n 24143413 $c 45.00 GBP
938 $a Ingram Digital eBook Collection $b IDEB $n 402983
994 $a C0 $b TEF