On Activism and Activists: Maoist Conceptions of Motivation and Political Role Linking State to Society
- 1 September 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 39, 76-114
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s030574100004933x
Abstract
Few behavioural attributes rank higher in the Chinese Communist system of values than that of activism (chi-chi-hsing). In apparent continuity with the Leninist tradition, the Chinese Communists have made the activist the archetype of their new political man, and a key operational figure in their system of political control. This analysis is an exploration of the Chinese Communist use of the concept of activism as a political value, and of the role that the activist plays in Party efforts to penetrate and control Chinese society.Keywords
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