Subjectivity derailed : remembering the cultural revolution

Roetz, Heiner (author)

In an autobiographical account, originally published in the German language for the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution (Roetz 2016b) and reworked for this volume, the author looks at the Cultural Revolution as a critical apogee in the history of subjectivity in China. He discusses the position of the “Frankfurt School” and the “New Left” with regard to China, and points out some disturbing resemblances between German and Chi­nese modern history.

• Language: English
• Keywords: subjectivity, Cultural Revolution, Frankfurt School, Mao Zedong, Maoism, Carl Schmitt, Oskar Negt
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: Str. 247-269
• Numbering: Vol. 14, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-190615
• ISSN on article: 2232-5131
• DOI: 10.4312/as.2026.14.3.247-269
• Publication date in RUL: 05.11.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Asian studies = Azijske študije
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-5131
• COBISS.SI-ID: 265206272

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Iztirjena subjektivnost : spomin na kulturno revolucijo

Abstract

V avtobiografskem zapisu, prvotno objavljenem v nemščini ob petdeseti obletnici kul­turne revolucije (Roetz 2015a) in predelanem za pričujoči zbornik, avtor obravnava kul­turno revolucijo kot kritični vrhunec v zgodovini subjektivnosti na Kitajskem. Avtor razpravlja o odnosu »frankfurtske šole« in »nove levice« do Kitajske ter opozarja na nekatere zaskrbljujoče podobnosti med nemško in kitajsko moderno zgodovino.

• Keywords: subjektivnost, kulturna revolucija, frankfurtska šola, Mao Zedong, maoizem, Carl Schmitt, Oskar Negt