Teaches political theory at the Department of Public Policy and Global Affairs, @NTUsg
Joined October 2010
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Simon S. Luo retweeted
Review saya soal buku Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders, terbit di Political Science Quarterly. Intinya adalah garis batas negara itu dibikin surveyor dan tukang peta kolonial, bukan turun dari langit bersama kedaulatan.
doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqag1…
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「少談政治，多談發展」是如何成為中國社會常識的？這是社會學家徐曉宏在遺著《大分離：中國文化大革命與秩序經濟主義的政治起源》裡，試圖回答的問題。
2023 年 12 月，徐曉宏在美國安娜堡病逝，時年 45 歲。2026 年 10 月，徐曉宏生前三篇重要文章集結出版。他認為毛澤東並未事先設計好文革，當年的行動者並不知道，毛澤東會發動群眾鬥倒政敵。「文化大革命」一詞也並非一開始就有定義，而是隨著革命的變化激盪而生。
徐也指出，激進派為維護文革的政治純粹性，將工人爭取權利的訴求視為保守的「經濟主義」，認為只有奪權才是真正的革命。
因為文革突然打開的政治空間，工人得以用政治的語言控訴不平等，最終卻以被否定作收，革命也逐漸走向派系鬥爭與暴力。日後無論是黨內改革派還是自由派知識分子，都更傾向漸進的制度變化，對從下而上的激進政治抱有戒心。
1967年，毛派擔心「經濟主義」污染革命；改革開放以後的常識，卻是群眾政治妨礙發展。從「經濟污染政治」到「政治威脅經濟」，這一反轉正是《大分離》第三章要解釋的核心謎題⋯⋯
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Simon S. Luo retweeted
“The best way to honor Xiaohong was creating a path for people who have a similar life trajectory: international students doing work on China or similar topics.”
— Roi Livne
💙 Support the Xiaohong Xu Memorial Support Fund: myumi.ch/qwQwe
Matching funds available!
Simon S. Luo retweeted
honored to be part of this posthumous open access book by Xiaohong, a friend & a colleague who left us too soon. glad it includes the iconic photo of him reading a big serious book in a HK shopping mall i talked about in my foreword. tinyurl.com/mw3kxhy6
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Political theory / political science folks: spread the word! My department is hiring a junior political theorist for a tenure-track position, in conjunction with the newly-founded Center for American Civic Leadership and Public Discourse (CACLPD). uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/2137…
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My op-ed on 1644 :P To me, previous scholars have rightly diagnosed the "reactionary" aspects of Ruguanxue. Bearing these insights in mind, we can also see how this body of thought offers an anatomy of empire, and especially of imperial collapse.
"It is easy to dismiss Ruguanism"—the Chinese internet theory that the U.S. is destined to crumble as the Ming dynasty did, writes @UBC_History @ShoufuYin. "It is more interesting to think about how it can help us understand both history and the present." zps.la/4gLVuD0
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Celebrating the release of "The Great Separation" and honoring the legacy of Prof. Xiaohong Xu, sociologist of history, politics, culture, political economy, and China. With @UMichSociology & @UofMPress
🕘 Wed, Oct 14
📍 In-person & virtual
🔗 RSVP: myumi.ch/xjEjN
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Huzzah! Finally out in its full form. 🧵here for a short synopsis: nitter.cf/kevinweiluo/status/207…
Why do revolutions produce sometimes strong yet unstable states after revolutionary victory?
Kevin Wei Luo examines patterns of subnational-level state building in Communist China after 1949 in our most recent issue.
📖 Read: ingentaconnect.com/contenton…
Simon S. Luo retweeted
Why do revolutions produce sometimes strong yet unstable states after revolutionary victory?
Kevin Wei Luo examines patterns of subnational-level state building in Communist China after 1949 in our most recent issue.
📖 Read: ingentaconnect.com/contenton…
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1/8 In September 1965, Francisca Fanggidaej left Indonesia, promising her daughter she would return in a week. Political violence made that impossible. Their separation lasted decades.
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My research article "An Absent Mother between Two States: Third World Internationalism and the Politics of Motherhood in Indonesia and China"is out with @AmHistReview It’s about an incredible Indonesian revolutionary woman Francisca Fanggidaej academic-oup-com.libproxy1.n…
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Our Critical Exchange on "What is Political Theory Today" is now out in Contemporary Political Theory. It features a lead article by Peter Steinberger and responses by Jeffrey Church, Shterna Friedman, Simone Chambers, and me. link.springer.com/article/10…
Without a doubt, the most innovative paper in Chinese political thought that I have ever read, and a fascinating engagement with republicanism, once again by @ShoufuYin
This paper argues, in the broadest terms, that Weibo, a polity of Tang China, is no less relevant to our political theorizing than Sparta, Rome, or Florence. I’m so encouraged that it is coming out in the Journal of Politics: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
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My department at LSU is hiring a historian of Modern East Asia (t-t assistant professor). We are seeking historians of the nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Those working on modern China are encouraged to apply, but we welcome candidates who specialize in any part of the region.
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We're excited to help circulate the CFA for a program hosted by the Center for Global Asia!
Teaching Global Asia(s) is a faculty development workshop held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 13 to 15 January 2027. Further details at cga.shanghai.nyu.edu/teachin…
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Here's to share information about our APSA panel next week: " Exile, Diaspora, and Mobility" Thur, September 4, 2:00 to 3:30pm EDT, Hynes, 102.
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“By neutralizing the Pheu Thai and the People’s Party, Bhumjaithai has made itself the most successful conservative party in modern Thai history.”
Read Duncan McCargo on the origins of Thailand’s current political order:
foreignaffairs.com/thailand/…
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I am one of three editors for the series Studies in Comparative Political Theory published by Oxford University Press. We would love to receive your manuscripts. All the details are here: global.oup.com/academic/cont…
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Pleased to announce that my job market paper “The Sirens of Revolution” is now published at @Journal_CompPol! In it, I ask why revolutions sometimes produce strong yet unstable states, using archival and quantitative evidence from post-1949 state building in China 1/n
New article by @kevinweiluo “The Sirens of Revolution: Revolutionary Legacies and State Building in Early Communist China,” doi.org/10.5129/001041526X17…