Creating the New Man: From Enlightenment Ideals to Socialist Realities 9780824862022
The idea of eliminating undesirable traits from human temperament to create a "new man" has been part of moral
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. From the Enlightenment to the Soviet New Man
2. “Be Mao’s Good Soldiers”: Creating the New Man in China
3. “Let Them All Become Che”: Creating the New Man in Cuba
4. The Global Impact of the Communist New Man
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
