The "Revolution" in the Revolution: The Various Uses of a Term in the Chinese Cultural Revolution

• Grant number: 20/06581-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2021
• End date: June 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: João Felipe Ferreira Gonçalves
• Grantee: Robson Lins Souza Damasio de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This master's thesis project aims to analyze different uses of the term "revolution" and its cognates by different Chinese social actors in their narrations, interpretations and evaluations of the Cultural Revolution that took place in China between 1966 and 1969. The proposed research intends to examine the different meanings that these actors attributed to this term and its cognates, the temporalities that these meanings assumed and helped to produce, and the possible political effects of these semantic practices to legitimize, accept, or contest the Maoist regime. The methodology used will consist of the interpretation and analysis of books, political speeches, visual images and testimonies of various social agents, whether politically mobilized or not, who present different political views on the Cultural Revolution. The project is inserted in the field of anthropology of time and history, and seeks to discuss in an empirical case the relationship between temporality, historical narratives, and political power.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OLIVEIRA, Robson Lins Souza Damasio de. The "Revolution" in the Revolution: The Various Uses of a Term in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. 2023. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.