The Discipline of Happiness: The Foucauldian Use of the “Positive Energy” Discourse in China’s Ideological Works

One important question about ideological works in China concerns the tension between mobilisation (encouraging public expression) and control (limiting public expression). Recently Xi Jinping’s administration has doubled down on both strategies. To study the rationale of this seemingly self-contradi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zifeng Chen, Clyde Yicheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102619899409