Ba Jin, “Offspring of May 4th”, Time Bomb and Utopian

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_4004
dc.contributor.author	Zhang Yinde
dc.title	Ba Jin, “Offspring of May 4th”, Time Bomb and Utopian Impulse
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Ba Jin 巴金 (1904-2005) is well-known for his adherence to anarchist ideas in his youth, which actually hides a profound utopianism characterized by a social revolution without purpose and end. By a detailed examination of A Dream on the Sea, a novel published in the beginning of 1930’s, this paper aims to rehabilitate such an utopian spirit as it formulates criticism of reality, oppressive and inegalitarian, by adopting an otherness which warns against both revanchist statism and voluntary servitude. The author’s loyalty to the legacy of May 4th will be highlighted as his work embodies an ever renewed desire for the freedom of thinking and imagining, if not of acting.
dc.relation.ispartof	Translating Wor(l)ds
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2020-07-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-05-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-465-3/ba-jin-offspring-of-may-4th-time-bomb-and-utopian/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-465-3/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9131
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-914X
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-494-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-465-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Anarchism
dc.subject	Anarchism
dc.subject	Ba Jin
dc.subject	Ba Jin
dc.subject	Cosmopolitism
dc.subject	Cosmopolitism
dc.subject	May 4th Movement
dc.subject	May 4th Movement
dc.subject	Utopianism
dc.subject	Utopianism

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Ba Jin, “Offspring of May 4th”, Time Bomb and Utopian Impulse

Yinde Zhang Université Sorbonne, Paris 3

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Ba Jin 巴金 (1904-2005) is well-known for his adherence to anarchist ideas in his youth, which actually hides a profound utopianism characterized by a social revolution without purpose and end. By a detailed examination of A Dream on the Sea, a novel published in the beginning of 1930’s, this paper aims to rehabilitate such an utopian spirit as it formulates criticism of reality, oppressive and inegalitarian, by adopting an otherness which warns against both revanchist statism and voluntary servitude. The author’s loyalty to the legacy of May 4th will be highlighted as his work embodies an ever renewed desire for the freedom of thinking and imagining, if not of acting.

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Dec. 21, 2020

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July 20, 2020

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May 21, 2020

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978-88-6969-494-3

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Keywords: Cosmopolitism • Utopianism • Anarchism • May 4th Movement • Ba Jin

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