Daoism and Anarchism: Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China

by John A. Rapp

Book Overview

This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series focuses on anti-statist critiques in ancient and modern China and demonstrates that China does not have an unchallenged authoritarian political culture.

Treating anarchism as a critique of centralized state power, the work first examines radical Daoist thought from the 4th century BCE to the 9th century CE and compares Daoist philosophers and poets to Western anarchist and utopian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441178805
• ISBN13: 9781441178800
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"