
Between Two Plenums
China's Intraleadership Conflict, 1959-1962
Ellis Joffe(Author)
Centre for Chinese Studies Publications (Publisher)
Published on 19. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-0-472-03836-7 (ISBN)
Description
The origins of the Cultural Revolution are still shrouded in uncertainty. Crucial questions either remain unanswered or have been given answers which derive from conflicting interpretations. To what period can the direct origins of the Cultural Revolution be traced? What issues, if any, divided the leadership, and how deep were these divisions? What was the state of power relations and what was Mao's position? Why did developments in the period preceding the Cultural Revolution reach a climax in such a convulsion?
Between Two Plenums examines these questions as they apply to the years 1959-1962. At base, the perspective of pre-Cultural Revolution politics adopted therein is that of "conflict" rather than "consensus." From this vantage point, the Eighth and Tenth Plenums loom in retrospect as important watersheds in the development of the intraleadership conflict which culminated in the great upheaval.
Between Two Plenums examines these questions as they apply to the years 1959-1962. At base, the perspective of pre-Cultural Revolution politics adopted therein is that of "conflict" rather than "consensus." From this vantage point, the Eighth and Tenth Plenums loom in retrospect as important watersheds in the development of the intraleadership conflict which culminated in the great upheaval.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor, MI
United States
Publishing group
The University of Michigan Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-03836-7 (9780472038367)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.19256
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Ellis JOFFE was Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.