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<p>Who 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 a

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Author

Sebastian Veg;

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231191401

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Political Science

Updated

2026-03-25