The Foundations of Mao Zedong's Political Thought, 1917-1935

by Brantly Womack

The Foundations of Mao Zedong's Political Thought, 1917-1935 Hardcover by Brantly Womack(Author)

Genres: China

Hardcover

First published March 1, 1982

About the author

Brantly Womack is Professor of Foreign Affairs and holds the Miller Center’s C K Yen Chair at the University of Virginia. He received his BA in politics and philosophy from the University of Dallas and his PhD in political science from University of Chicago.

He is the author of Asymmetry and International Relationships (Cambridge University Press, 2016), China Among Unequals: Asymmetric International Relationships in Asia (World Scientific Press 2010), and of China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (Cambridge 2006), as well as over a hundred articles and book chapters. He co-edited with Prof. Hao Yufan Rethinking the Triangle: Washington, Beijing, Taipei (University of Macau Press, 2016), China’s Rise in Historical Perspective (Rowman and Littlefield 2010) and Contemporary Chinese Politics in Historical Perspective (Cambridge 1991).

In 2011 Womack received the China Friendship Award for his work with Chinese universities. He holds honorary positions at Jilin University, East China Normal University, and Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University. He has been a visiting research professor at the East Asia Institute of National University of Singapore and at East China Normal University.

Reviews

[dead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cool book, good for if you want to try and understand the begining's of Mao's thought. Also worth reading just for the snippet where Mao identifies himself more with Kropotkin than Marx, because Kropotkin-ites(?) tended to be more pacifist. Heh.