Exploration of DAD Theory and its Hermeneutic Application to Chinese Politics and Culture

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Abstract

China is an interesting mix of Communist and Capitalist principles that constitutes a different ideology not easily understood in the West. This paper explores the theory of Dissociation & Dimensional Accrual (DAD). Using hermeneutics and semiotics, I apply DAD to Chinese Communism to reconcile how two seemingly different political ideologies coexist under one banner. I am gathering many perspectives to understand how this mixed ideology functions for the Chinese government and its people.

Author

• Tyler Thornton, University of Oklahoma