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In October 2022, the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded, extending Xi Jinping's leadership indefinitely, which many view as a one-party dictatorship.
Exploring Confucian and socialist principles, this book examines the relationship between the citizens and leaders in the Chinese autocracy. By applying a Foucauldian twist to a range of topics – from discussing the politics of love and pandemic nationalism to analysing Xi’s personality – it challenges the binary of authoritarianism and democracy.
Interdisciplinary in nature, it will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of politics, international relations, culture studies and critical theory.
"Chih-yu Shih develops very important arguments against binary understandings of politics, directing our attention to more complex governmentalities, without necessarily legitimising them." Hartmut Behr, Newcastle University
Introduction: Autocracy and Its People
1. People’s Hearts as the Regime of Regimes
2. Restoring Normalcy during Involution
3. Governing Hong Kong by Loving the Nation
4. Pandemic Nationalism from Wuhan to China - co-authored with Pichamon Yeophantong
5. Xi Jinping’s Quest for Acceptance
6. Relational Democracy of Confucianism
7. A Pluriversal Dialogue with Ubuntu - co-authored with Raoul Bunskoek
Conclusion
Appendix: The Diagrammatic Logic of Counter-governmentality