In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into a key component of Mao Zedong's revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it was employed in China's prison system, Kiely's thought-provoking work brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and he details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political use.
- ISBN10 0300186371
- ISBN13 9780300186376
- Publish Date 18 September 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press, USA
- Format eBook
- Pages 416
- Language English