Professor Julia Lovell at Cambridge University. Picture: Mike Clarke
Maoism’s inherent contradictions unpacked in China scholar Julia Lovell’s new book
- Mao Zedong was a vehemently autocratic leader yet he compelled his Red Guards to dismantle the party that he himself had built
- Rebels and regimes across the globe have remade Maoism in their own disparate images
Professor Julia Lovell at Cambridge University. Picture: Mike Clarke