China: The Cultural Revolution and the Future (Frederic Wakeman)
- 1988 ----- color ----- 28 min ----- vhs
- (Upon Reflection series) Host Al Page talks with Frederic Wakeman, Professor of Chinese History, University of California at Berkeley, President of the Social Science Research Council and a Guest Lecturer at the University of Washington. Professor Wakeman discusses the Cultural Revolution, Mao's Revolutionary genius, rhetorical meanings, mechanisms of revolution; the Utopian quality of the Revolution; members of the ruling classes, the military, the old guard; "Westernization"; patriotism, democratic values, Confucian values; popular misconceptions.
- Topics: (China, History: Asian, Political Science: Asian)
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