Christian Sorace

CHRISTIAN SORACE is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His research focuses on social transformations and political-economic development in rural China, China’s urbanization process, everyday politics in authoritarian states, political aesthetics, and post-Marxist theory. His recent publications include: “Ai Weiwei: China’s Last Communist” (Critical Inquiry, Winter 2014) and  “China’s Vision for Developing Sichuan’s Post-Earthquake Countryside: Turning Unruly Peasants into Grateful Urban Citizens” (The China Quarterly, June 2014).