Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgement 7
4. Introduction: Not Exactly a Love Story 9
5. 1. From Confucianism to Radicalism: A Genealogy of Ai 23
6. 2. Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching-ling’s Socialist Theology of bo’ai 博爱 (Universal Love) 47
7. 3. Love as Spiritual Salvation : Popular Religion and Mao’s Political Religion of Love 87
8. 4. Reinventing Confucianism : Authoritarian Traditionalism and Parental Governance in the Global Era 115
9. 5. Happy Father’s Day, John : Between Filial Piety and Political Duty in Post- Handover Hong Kong 137
10. Conclusion: Transforming the Political Discourse of Love 159
11. Bibliography 175
12. Index 199