To understand a city fully, writes Di Wang, we must observe its most basic units of social life. In The Teahouse under Socialism, Wang does just that, arguing that the teahouses of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, are some of the most important public spaces―perfect sites for examining the social and economic activities of everyday Chinese. Wang looks at the transforma...(展开全部)

王笛，1982年和1985年分别获四川大学历史学学士和硕士学位，并留校任教，1987年提为副教授。1999年获美国约翰霍普金斯大学历史学博士，现为得克萨斯A&M大学历史系教授，2003-2005年任旅美中国历史学会会长，2006-2007年度为美国国家人文中心研究员。2009年，任华东师范大学思勉人文高等研究院紫江讲座教授。主要研究领域为中国近代社会史、城市史、大众文化史。

This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of p...(展开全部)

This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of p...(展开全部)

王笛，1982年和1985年分别获四川大学历史学学士和硕士学位，并留校任教，1987年提为副教授。1999年获美国约翰霍普金斯大学历史学博士，现为得克萨斯A&M大学历史系教授，2003-2005年任旅美中国历史学会会长，2006-2007年度为美国国家人文中心研究员。2009年，任华东师范大学思勉人文高等研究院紫江讲座教授。主要研究领域为中国近代社会史、城市史、大众文化史。

The idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet today it seems to have lost much of its appeal. Despite growing discontent, many would hesitate to invoke socialism when it comes to envisioning life beyond capitalism. How can we explain the rapid decline of this once powerful idea? And what must ...(展开全部)

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and t...(展开全部)

The first book to investigate Soviet socialism from a biopolitical perspective Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism was oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist pro...(展开全部)

The first book to investigate Soviet socialism from a biopolitical perspective Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism was oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist pro...(展开全部)

Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and t...(展开全部)