David Ernest Apter was an American political scientist and sociologist. He was Henry J. Heinz Professor of Comparative Political and Social Development and senior research scientist at Yale University.
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Writing with Tony Saich on Yan'an Rectification Movement, Apter described the group study of texts and the collective self-transformation process in the movement as a form of "exegetical bonding" which, along with MaoZedong's personal charisma, was a major factor in his becoming the primary "ideological steward" of the Chinese Communist Party. == Bibliography ==