From Ah Q to Lei Feng: Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China

by Wendy Larson

When Freudian sexual theory hit China in the early 20th century, it ran up against competing models of the mind from both Chinese tradition and the new revolutionary culture. Chinese theorists of the mind--both traditional intellectuals and revolutionary psychologists-- steadily put forward the anti-Freud: a mind shaped not by deep interiority that must be excavated by professionals, but shaped instead by social and cultural interactions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804700753
• ISBN13: 9780804700757
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"