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Titre Society and Utopia in Liu Cixin
Auteur Adrian Thieret
Mir@bel Revue China perspectives
Numéro no 2015/1 Utopian/Dystopian Fiction in Contemporary China
Rubrique / Thématique
Special Feature
Page 33-39
Résumé anglais This article examines utopianism in contemporary China through the short stories “Taking Care of God” and “Taking Care of Humans” by best-selling science fiction author Liu Cixin. It argues that these stories constitute an ethical resistance to the shortcomings of the capitalist world order into which China has merged during the reform period. Read as a continuation of the modern Chinese utopian tradition as well as a reaction to contemporary trends, these stories offer an articulation of hope that a more just social order can yet be achieved despite the seemingly intractable problems facing the world today.
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