Easting the west: theorizing the postliberal conjuncture from China
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- Speaker
- Chenchen ZhangAssociate Professor in International Relations at Durham University
- Location
- London School of Economics
- Organisation
- London School of Economics
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About this talk
Join us for a fireside chat that introduces the new book by Chenchen Zhang, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China. The rise of the global right has led observers to speak of the end of the liberal international order. What does it mean to theorise the postliberal conjuncture from China, and what does it mean to trace the idea of "the West" from without? Easting the West explores how ideas of "the West" and articulations of China/West difference are produced and mobilised in Chinese political discourse. Drawing on the dazzling, chaotic, and jargon-laden world of social media, the author will discuss the book which examines reactionary formations in digital China as a constitutive site of ideological production in the postliberal moment. It shows how political sensibilities can converge across conventional geopolitical and ideological fault lines, and how critiques of liberal contradictions and imperialism can be repurposed for authoritarian and ethno-nationalist projects. Discussants: Shakuntala Banaji (LSE), Karin Narita (Queen Mary University of London), and Christian Sorace (University of Cambridge). Chair: Jasmine K Gani (LSE).
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