This book relates the stories of four leaders under very different political regimes: Colonial, Nationalist and Communist. The authors compare Chinese notions of respect and inspiration with their equivalents in other religious and political histories of colonial and post-colonial modernity, thereby producing a thorough re-working of the idea of charisma. The result is an intriguing study of the relationship between religious and political authority in a changing world.
| ISBN: | 9780415244183 |
| Publication date: | 9th August 2001 |
| Author: | Stephan Feuchtwang, Wang Mingming |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 222 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies on China in Transition |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies |