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In October 2022, the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded, extending Xi Jinping's leadership indefinitely, which many view as a one-party dictatorship. Exploring Confucian and socialist principles, this book examines the relationship between the citizens and leaders in the Chinese autocracy. By applying a Foucauldian twist to a range of topics from discussing the politics of love and pandemic nationalism to analysing Xi's personality it challenges the binary of authoritarianism and democracy. Interdisciplinary in nature, it will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of politics, international relations, culture studies and critical theory.

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9781529238907

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“Chih-yu Shih’s exploration of the puzzle of governmentality demonstrates that, while distinct, democracy and autocracy are not opposites but two forms of relational communitarian imaginaries, cosmologies and forms of organization.” Emilian Kavalski, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

"""Chih-yu Shih's exploration of the puzzle of governmentality demonstrates that, while distinct, democracy and autocracy are not opposites but two forms of relational communitarian imaginaries, cosmologies and forms of organization."" Emilian Kavalski, Jagiellonian University in Krakow"

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Chih-yu Shih is National Chair and University Chair in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.

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