Glossary
Jiang uses the phrase for the civilizational story people need in order to orient desire, legitimacy, and collective identity.
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sacred narrative
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...really have its own religion, doesn't really have its own distinct narrative about itself. So people here are desperate for a narrative, a sort..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...really have its own religion, doesn't really have its own distinct narrative about itself. So people here are desperate for a narrative, a sort..."
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model
Jiang says America fills that vacuum by offering the American dream as a sacred narrative: work hard, get rich, and achieve meaning.
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diagnosis
Jiang agrees that China's hunger for sacred narrative helps explain the explosive rise of Falun Gong in the 1980s and 1990s.
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"...really have its own religion, doesn't really have its own distinct narrative about itself. So people here are desperate for a narrative, a sort..."
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"Do you think that that partially explains the kind of stunning, explosive growth of the Falun Gong in the 80s and 90s? Yes, it..."
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Jiang begins with prediction as a disciplined loop, then turns the whole century into a religious struggle in disguise.
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