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Superstitious regimes, religion and the politics of Chinese modernity, Rebecca Nedostup

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Superstitious regimes, religion and the politics of Chinese modernity, Rebecca Nedostup

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-428) and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Superstitious regimes

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bibliography

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435732308

Responsibility statement

Rebecca Nedostup

Series statement

Harvard East Asian monographs, 322

Sub title

religion and the politics of Chinese modernity

Table Of Contents

Introduction: religion, modernity, nationalism -- Part I: Of legislation and ling -- Inventing religion -- Temples and the redefinition of public life -- Part II: Material motives -- Jiangsu temples as target and tactic -- Idealized communities and the religious remainder -- Part III: Transactional modernity -- Embodying superstition -- Affective regimes -- Conclusion: superstition's legacy

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