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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Sublimation unto Death: The Aesthetic Search for Meaning in Cultural Crisis 17
  6. 2 Writing China: The Imaginary Body and Allegorical Wilderness 55
  7. 3 The Sublime and Gender 101
  8. 4 Desire and Pleasure in Revolutionary Cinema 123
  9. 5 The Sublime Subject of Practice 155
  10. 6 The Cultural Revolution: A Terrible Beauty Is Born 194
  11. 7 The Angels of History: The Fantastic, Schizophrenic, and Grotesque 229
  12. Conclusion 263
  13. Notes 271
  14. Character List 287
  15. Bibliography 293
  16. Index 305
The Sublime Figure of History
This chapter is in the book The Sublime Figure of History
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804764063-014

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Sublimation unto Death: The Aesthetic Search for Meaning in Cultural Crisis 17
  6. 2 Writing China: The Imaginary Body and Allegorical Wilderness 55
  7. 3 The Sublime and Gender 101
  8. 4 Desire and Pleasure in Revolutionary Cinema 123
  9. 5 The Sublime Subject of Practice 155
  10. 6 The Cultural Revolution: A Terrible Beauty Is Born 194
  11. 7 The Angels of History: The Fantastic, Schizophrenic, and Grotesque 229
  12. Conclusion 263
  13. Notes 271
  14. Character List 287
  15. Bibliography 293
  16. Index 305
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