{"product_id":"minjian-the-rise-of-chinas-grassroots-intellectuals-paperback","title":"Minjian: The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastian Veg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are the new Chinese intellectuals? In the wake of the crackdown on the 1989 democracy movement and the rapid marketization of the 1990s, a novel type of grassroots intellectual emerged. Instead of harking back to the traditional role of the literati or pronouncing on democracy and modernity like 1980s public intellectuals, they derive legitimacy from their work with the vulnerable and the marginalized, often proclaiming their independence with a heavy dose of anti-elitist rhetoric. They are proudly \u003ci\u003eminjian\u003c\/i\u003e--unofficial, unaffiliated, and among the people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Sebastian Veg explores the rise of \u003ci\u003eminjian\u003c\/i\u003e intellectuals and how they have profoundly transformed China's public culture. An intellectual history of contemporary China, \u003ci\u003eMinjian\u003c\/i\u003e documents how, amid deep structural shifts, grassroots thinker-activists began to work outside academia or policy institutions in an embryonic public sphere. Veg explores the work of amateur historians who question official accounts, independent documentarians who let ordinary people speak for themselves, and grassroots lawyers and NGO workers who spread practical knowledge. Their interventions are specific rather than universal, with a focus on concrete problems among disenfranchised populations such as victims of Maoism, migrant workers and others without residence permits, and petitioners. Drawing on careful analysis of public texts by grassroots intellectuals and the networks and publics among which they circulate, \u003ci\u003eMinjian\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking transdisciplinary exploration of crucial trends developing under the surface of contemporary Chinese society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastian Veg is professor of the intellectual history of twentieth-century China at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFictions du pouvoir chinois. Littérature, modernisme et démocratie au début du XXe siècle\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and the editor of \u003ci\u003ePopular Memories of the Mao Era: From Critical Debate to Reassessing History\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735430238271,"sku":"9780231191418","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b89bc51a467792ed3a39b221f0cac387.webp?v=1765143425","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/minjian-the-rise-of-chinas-grassroots-intellectuals-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}