Format:
xiv, 553 Seiten :
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Illustrationen.
ISBN:
978-0-231-20634-1
Content:
"Perry Link and Wu Dazhi present a wide-ranging intellectual biography of Liu Xiaobo, the deceased Nobel Peace Prize winner, alongside a recent history of dissent in China. Link and Wu follow Liu's upbringing among early Republican intellectuals, to his deep immersion in classical Chinese poetry and philosophy in graduate school, to his involvement in prodemocracy movements in China, to his persecution, imprisonment, and death in captivity. They also provide an absorbing and up-close, inside look at the second major undulation of contemporary China's democracy movement-the "Citizens' Movement" of 2002-2008, culminating in Charter '08-which has not yet been chronicled and explained either inside or outside of China in a comprehensive way. Most accounts of dissent in China, to date, of course, have concentrated on the street demonstrations of the late 1980s that ended with the Tiananmen massacre of June 4, 1989. This book carries the story forward in absorbing detail up until recent times. In this respect, the book is a history of a generation of Chinese intellectuals as much as a history of one man's influence. It is a fascinating portrait of Liu Xiaobo's iconic life and times in a rapidly changing and increasingly authoritarian Chinese state"--
Content:
Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo-China's leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08-and took him away. When Liu won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize as a political prisoner, the award was bestowed on an empty chair. Inside China, the regime sought to erase every trace of his existence. Liu died of liver cancer in 2017 without ever having been allowed to return home.I Have No Enemies is the definitive biography of Liu Xiaobo, offering a meticulously researched account of the twists and turns of a remarkable life. Perry Link and Wu Dazhi explore Liu's upbringing, immersion in classical Chinese poetry and philosophy, bold challenges to literary conformity, and involvement in democratic movements. They trace the lifelong evolution of his thinking and chronicle his persecution, incarceration, and death.I Have No Enemies emphasizes Liu's principled commitment to dissent and the significance of the example he set in China and around the world. Liu was a farsighted strategist whose ultimate goal was "to change a regime by changing a society." In Tiananmen Square, he showed others how to face down armed soldiers; in daily life, he looked for ways to build a more democratic culture. A powerful record of Liu's life and times, this book also tells the story of a generation of Chinese intellectuals who sought a better way forward
Note:
Includes index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231556446
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Link, Perry: I have no enemies New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780231556446
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Link, Eugene Perry, 1944 I Have No Enemies New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780231556446
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
1955-2017 Liu, Xiaobo
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Biografie
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