Radicalism, Revolution, and Reform in Modern China Essays in Honor of Maurice Meisner

This volume illuminates the relationship of China's radical past to its reformist present as China makes its way forward through contested visions of the future. Is China's history of revolutionary socialism an aberration soon to be forgotten, or can it serve as a resource for a more fully human and radically democratic China, with implications for all of us? Representing a spectrum of current scholarship, the essays collected here look at China's past and present with a view toward better understanding the ideas, ideals, and people who have dared to imagine radical transformation of their worlds and assessing the limitations of these visions and their implementations.

Catherine Lynch is Emeritus in the History Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, and Research Fellow in the Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China. Robert B. Marks is Richard and Billie Deihl Professor of History at Whittier College. Paul G. Pickowicz is Distinguished Professor of History and Chinese Studies and holder of the Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History at the University of California, San Diego.