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Revisiting 'Minjian' intellectuals: A conversation with Sebastian Veg
In the past few months, I collaborated with Xu Xibai, a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, to translate into Chinese Sebastian Veg's groundbreaking book 'Minjian: The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals' (Columbia University Press, 2019). We embarked on this project...
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Published in: | Made in China Journal 2021-01, Vol.6 (1), p.177-183 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | In the past few months, I collaborated with Xu Xibai, a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, to translate into Chinese Sebastian Veg's groundbreaking book 'Minjian: The Rise of China's Grassroots Intellectuals' (Columbia University Press, 2019). We embarked on this project with the conviction that this translation will not only inspire debate on the role of Chinese intellectuals in the Chinese-speaking world, but also lead the protagonists of the book to reflect on their own positions, ideas, and interventions in the context of an evolving Chinese society. In the following conversation, which also serves as a preface to the Chinese edition of the book, to be published by Lianjing Publishing in Taiwan later this year, Sebastian offers his insights on a number of critical issues, such as support for Donald Trump among Chinese intellectuals; the conditions of non-Han intellectuals in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia; the anxiety of local intellectuals after the introduction of the National Security Law in Hong Kong; as well as how feminist critique can democratise the study of intellectuals. |
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ISSN: | 2652-6352 2652-6352 2206-9119 |
DOI: | 10.22459/MIC.06.01.2021.22 |