ABSTRACT

This book originally examines how prominent communist intellectuals in China during the revolutionary period (1921 to 1940) constructed and presented identities for themselves and how they narrated their place in the revolution.

part |18 pages

Introduction

chapter |16 pages

Perspectives

part |62 pages

Leaders

chapter |18 pages

Radical Intellectuals as the Guiding Force of Change

The beginning of the political odyssey

chapter |23 pages

Manufacturing Political Leadership I

The Yaqian intellectuals and Peng Pai

chapter |19 pages

Perspectives

part |53 pages

Heroes

chapter |20 pages

Narrating Politicized Subjectivity

chapter |32 pages

One-eyed Magic

part |36 pages

Sophisticates

part |33 pages

Epilogue

chapter |28 pages

Self-construction, Politics and Culture

Some general reflections

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion