Mobilization by images: TV screen and mediated instant grievances in the Umbrella Movement

This article discusses the effects of the televised images of the use of tear gas on people participating in the Umbrella Movement. Although the role of the Internet and social media in political mobilization has been widely discussed, the importance of television cannot be overlooked. This article argues that the widely transmitted broadcasts of live images of the police firing tear gas into the protesting crowd generated “mediated instant grievances” in a substantial sector of the viewing public, thus contributing to the size and scale of the Umbrella Movement. The study reported here provides evidence for this argument by analyzing the results of a survey of protesters that were on site during the early stage of the movement (N = 969). The study sought to determine whether and how the television images were related to the participants’ political attitudes, reasons for participation, and views of self-mobilized actions. The findings showed that, in particular, mediated instant grievances motivated the participation of the “amateur protesters” in the movement.     

Institutionalizing Counter‐Memories of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: The National Civil Rights Museum and an Application of the Interest‐Convergence Principle

During the post–Reconstruction era in the United States, white southerners marked the cultural landscape with monuments and memorials honoring the Confederate cause and its heroes. These racialized symbols enjoyed an undisputed claim to public squares and parks throughout the South. It was not until the late twentieth century that commemorations to the black freedom struggle were publicly supported. This analysis examines the institutionalization of counter‐memories of the civil rights movement in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorraine Motel, the site of the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The author draws on collective memory, cultural trauma, and social movements research as well as critical race theory to explain the creation of the National Civil Rights Museum. Using primary and secondary data sources the author examines how social memory agents, a changing political culture, and the passage of time mediated the cultural trauma of King's assassination and influenced the institutionalization of oppositional collective memories. Relying on Derrick Bell's interest‐convergence principle, the author concludes that the creation of this major memorial museum was a result of the convergence of white and black interests, specifically the economic and political interests of white elites and the cultural and political interests of black symbolic entrepreneurs.     

“人权运动”中的现代国家建构——以《新月》为中心的分析

1920年代末至1930年代初,胡适、罗隆基等人发起一场要求“人权”与“约法”的运动。学界一直以来大都视之为中国学人争“人权”的运动。然而在现代国家建构的视野下,“人权”、“约法”本为其题中要义,其时中国学人相关诉求的背后,更是他们之于现代国家的理解和建构规划。在这一意义上,他们批判、重建国民性,亦是为现代国家准备相应的国民性基础。因此,这场“人权运动”也是近代以来中国民族国家意识觉醒和现代国家公民自我确认的重要组成部分,并融入到现代中国民族国家建设的系脉之中。     

新秧歌运动:民间文学进入主流的一次尝试

"延安文艺座谈会"召开之后,解放区掀起了一场新秧歌运动。新秧歌呈现了一个全新的"民间",它的主体为工农兵,内容与主流话语一致。当时的权威话语期望新秧歌既能成为新文艺,同时又不脱离民间,但它的创作者追随意识形态话语,忽视了艺术性和文化内涵,使得它在历史上只是昙花一现,既没有对书面文学产生触动,也没有在民间文学领域留下痕迹。新秧歌运动的历史经验与教训在当今仍具有警示作用。     

群体性运动与"大跃进"

"大跃进"运动的发起,既有党的指导方针上的失误,也和运动发起的方式——公众群体性运动所固有的特性有着密切的关联。公众群体性运动的无意识、盲目性以及非理性等特性在"大跃进"运动中起着推波助澜的作用,把"大跃进"运动推向一个又一个高潮。     

施复亮的中间路线思想述评

中国现代政治史上的中间路线是指介于国共两党之间的中间势力或第三方面的政治路线 ,它本质上是一种具有改良主义性质的政治路线。施复亮作为中间路线的主要倡导者和代表人物 ,他的中间路线思想不但有着深厚的渊源 ,而且还有着独特的思想内涵。通过探究他的中间路线思想 ,可以更好的把握新民主主义革命时期中间路线思想的形成与发展脉络     

羽毛球教学中发生的运动损伤及预防的探讨

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论运动损伤的预防与治疗

研究了运动损伤及其预防和治疗,指出了运动损伤预防的重点和原则,给出了治疗运动损伤的方法.     

邓小平理论与当代社会主义运动

苏东社会主义国家的解体和演变 ,使社会主义遇到了前所未有的挫折。而以邓小平理论的形成和发展 ,中国特色社会主义建设的辉煌成绩 ,谱写了中国社会主义建设的新篇章 ,并为经济文化落后的社会主义国家闯出了一条新路。世界社会主义将在充满活力的多种模式中走出低谷 ,健康发展。     

戊戌变法与近代科学技术的传播

戊戌变法是中国近代一次自上而下的政治变革运动,提倡全面向西方学习,并颁布了一系列发展资本主义的法令,对西方近代科学技术在中国的传播产生了深远的影响。