中國當代政治與中國知識份子

by Xiaobo Liu

In Contemporary Politics and Intellectuals of China, Liu Xiaobo explores the environment in which Chinas intellectuals live. His Western style criticism addresses the issue that restrained under Chinas ironclad political institution which silenced their voice Chinese intellectuals have lost their conscience. Liu fervently criticizes the people whose responsibility is to voice the concerns of the society for avoiding that responsibility, for bending under the pressure, for refusing to open to obvious new ideas, and for selfishly focusing on their position in the bureaucracy. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

165 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

Liu was born in Changchun, Jilin, in 1955 to an intellectual family. In 1977, Liu was admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature at Jilin University, where he created a poetry group known as "The Babies' Hearts" (Chi Zi Xin) with six schoolmates. He graduated with a B.A. in 1982, went on to study for an M.A. and a PhD degree from Beijing Normal University.
He became a teacher, literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms which led to his imprisonment in the people's republic of China. In 2010 he received Nobel Peace Prize.
(Note: It is correct to give his name as "Liu Xiaobo", as this is the proper Chinese name sequence. However, Liu is the family name and Xiaobo the given name. As Goodreads always assumes the family name to be the one after the last space character, the sequence should be turned to "Xiaobo Liu" to make sure the name is parsed and sorted correctly by Goodreads.)

Reviews

[Leisurecan · Rating 5 out of 5]

一本反贼必读的书，对中国社会之种种怪象拆骨剥皮，后人已经不可能也没必要比他更一针见血。最难得的是他确实是言行合一。后记中那句“想自由，就必须身临绝境”实在是好。想买回家时不时翻阅自省。

[Eric Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

劉老師毫不客氣地指出了中國知識分子在中國知識政治化的傳統下的種種問題。希望自己以此為戒，做一個真正獨立的知識分子

[Theresa Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

從沒有一本書給過我這樣的震撼。