Michael Schoenhals (born 1953) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...

, specializing in the society of modern China. He is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Studies at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Mao's Last Revolution ''Mao's Last Revolution'' is a 2006 book by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals released by Belknap Press. Harvard University Press presented it as " acFarquhar and Schoenhalsexplain why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his ...

'' by

Roderick MacFarquhar Roderick "Rod" Lemonde MacFarquhar (2 December 1930 – 10 February 2019) was a British China scholar, politician, and journalist. MacFarquhar had a varied career. He was founding editor of ''China Quarterly'' in 1959. He served as a Member of ...

and Michael Schoenhals is considered the seminal work on the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

Selected bibliography

* ''Saltationist Socialism: Mao Zedong and the Great Leap Forward 1958'' (1987) * ''Doing Things with Words in Chinese Politics: Five Studies'' (1992) * '' China's Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party'' (1996) * "The Central Case Examination Group, 1966-79." ''China Quarterly'', no. 145 (1996): 87-111. * ''

Mao's Last Revolution ''Mao's Last Revolution'' is a 2006 book by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals released by Belknap Press. Harvard University Press presented it as " acFarquhar and Schoenhalsexplain why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and show his ...

'' (2006) with

* ''Spying for the People: Mao's Secret Agents, 1949-1967'' (2012)

References

Tom Phillips.
The Cultural Revolution: all you need to know about China's political convulsion
, theguardian.com, 11 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links

Schoenhals's web page
at Lund University Swedish sinologists 20th-century Swedish historians 1953 births Living people 21st-century Swedish historians Academic staff of Lund University Historians of the Cultural Revolution {{Academic-bio-stub