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This text aims to provide a clear understanding of the complex relationship that exists between nationalism, national identity, the state, the direction and trend of China's transition and the subsequent prospects for democratization. While describing the rise of Chinese nationalism and the accompanying discourse on Chinese national identity, it focuses on the national identity question and its impact on democratization. The text argues that Chinese nationalism is not monolithic and that popular Chinese nationalism attempts to exclude the role of the party-state in defining national identity. Most importantly, it has the potential to demand democratic reform and push for democratization in China. Nevertheless, the alliance between nationalism and democracy will expedient. Chinese nationalism, whether official or popular, comes into conflict with democracy when it confronts the national identity/boundary problem. They clash with each other where territoriality is involved. The Chinese nationalist solution to the problem is logically and inherently opposed to the contemporary trend towards democracy.
Contents
Political background; intellectual background to the study of Chinese nationalism; aims and methods of the study; structure of the book; conceptual introduction. Part 1 Nationalism and the imagining of a new national identity: state nationalism in post-4 June China; patriotic villains and patriotic heroes - new trends in literary nationalism; re-imagining the Chinese nation - the Zeng Guofan phenomenon. Part 2 Nationalism and democratization in comparative context: the national identity question, nationalism and democratization in China and Taiwan; nationalism, national identity, elites and democratization in Russia and China; the clash between nationalism and democratization over the national identity question; concluding remarks.
