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Publications [#356910] of Kang Liu

Papers Published

1. Liu, K, Introduction: Rethinking critical theory and maoism, Clcweb Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 20 no. 3 (September, 2018) [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/08/10)

   Abstract:
   In his article, "Rethinking Critical Theory and Maoism," Kang Liu reviews the existing literature in English on the relationship of Critical Theory and Maoism and discusses the need to explore and reconstruct a genealogy of Critical Theory and Maoism within the global context of political, ideological, and intellectual currents and trends. The special issue will focus on three clusters of issues: first, the western invention of Maoism as a universal theory of revolution; second, the reception of Critical Theory in China and its relationship to Maoism; and third, the relevance of Maoism and Critical Theory today. Liu raises the question in the end: can Maoism be seen as a revolutionary universalism, or a nationalist ideology of Chinese Exceptionalism?.