Politics and magic in contemporary China

In contemporary China political culture, the advance of "socialist spiritual civilization" presupposes a "disenchanted" world in which magical belief appears to be a misguided understanding of reality. The article deals with the representation of magical belief on two levels. The...

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Main Author: Anagnost, Ann S. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1987
In: Modern China
Year: 1987, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-61
Further subjects:B Superstition
B Natural sciences
B Socio-cultural change
B China
B Magic
B Volksrepublik China Superstition Internal policy Materialismus (Philosophie) Magic Natural sciences Socio-cultural change
B Internal policy
B Materialism