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SUMMARY:The Maoist Discourse and the Mobilization of Emotions under Mao - 
 Dr Yu Liu\, Department of Politics\, Cambridge University
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CONTACT:Holly Barclay
DESCRIPTION:In the context of the bigger puzzle "why people fanatically su
 pported Mao while his regime was largely destructive"\, this talk will dis
 cuss how the Maoist discourse helped recruit people's support for the revo
 lutionary regime on an emotional level. \n\nI specifically emphasize that 
 it was more the techniques by which these discourses were propagated than 
 the discourses themselves that "persuaded" people into political activism.
 \n\nYu Liu is a lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Cambridg
 e.\n\nShe received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2006 and did her 
 postdoc at Harvard University. Her research interests include Chinese revo
 lution\, political economy of post-communist transition\, comparative demo
 cratization and globalization. She has published in China Quarterly and Mo
 dern China.\nShe also writes extensively as a political columnist for maga
 zines in China.\n\nAll Welcome!\n\nDirections will be available from the N
 ewnham College Porter's lodge\, entrance on Sidgwick Avenue.
LOCATION:Newnham College MCR
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