Volltext herunterladen
(externe Quelle)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102619899409
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
The Discipline of Happiness: The Foucauldian Use of the "Positive Energy" Discourse in China’s Ideological Works
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract One important question about ideological works in China concerns the tension between mobilisation (encouraging public expression) and control (limiting public expression). Recently Xi Jinping's administration has doubled down on both strategies. To study the rationale of this seemingly self-contradi... mehr
One important question about ideological works in China concerns the tension between mobilisation (encouraging public expression) and control (limiting public expression). Recently Xi Jinping's administration has doubled down on both strategies. To study the rationale of this seemingly self-contradictory move, the authors examine the recently prominent ideological discourse of "positive energy". Through a combination of online ethnography and discourse analysis using Foucauldian methods, we find that the discourse borrows and evolves from previous ideological works, but most importantly and distinguishably features a more dispersive, rather than centralised power structure. It penetrates popular culture and private lives, and by doing so disciplines people's subjectivities, rather than only aiming at top-down persuasion or control. The logic of "positive energy" produces self-disciplined docile subjects, and quietly resolves the tension between mobilisation and control by having subjects internalise the interests of the state as their own good.... weniger
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
China; propaganda; Foucault; popular culture
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 201-225
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 48 (2019) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)