Modern Dialectics: Philosophical Reflections on Guangdong's Socialist Modernization Construction

Author: Chen Shanguang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Guided by Marxist philosophy, this book is based in Guangdong and oriented towards the nation, exploring the major and complex relationships in the process of Guangdong's modernization. It attempts to theoretically summarize significant issues in Guangdong's modernization efforts, providing ideological and theoretical support for advancing China's socialist modernization cause. The book argues for the compatibility of socialism and the market economy, offering a systematic theoretical explanation for their integration. Starting from the ideological line of seeking truth from facts and the revelation of the law of transformation, it demonstrates the scientific nature of Deng Xiaoping's "three-step strategy" and the possibility and reality of Guangdong taking the lead in basically achieving modernization. Applying the principles of dialectical materialism regarding the unity of universality and particularity, as well as individuality and generality, it elucidates the development trends of China's economy in the new context. From the perspective of flexibly applying dialectical materialism, it summarizes Guangdong's experience in addressing "hardware" infrastructure development, such as transportation, energy, and communication. It highlights the important role and significance of cultural construction in modernization, proposing that culture is the economy of tomorrow and that cultural construction is the vanguard of economic and social modernization, along with new strategies for strengthening cultural development. In revealing the dialectical relationship between sustainable development and environmental issues, it provides an in-depth explanation of the scientific connotation of "development is the hard truth," arguing that solving environmental problems requires a fundamental transformation in economic growth models and ideological concepts. It summarizes Guangdong's philosophically enlightening experiences in addressing environmental issues. In discussing the dialectical unity between scientific and technological progress and social development, it demonstrates the consistency between socialist theory and scientific and technological progress, as well as the inevitable connection between socialist undertakings and scientific and technological progress, and so on. These theoretical summaries and elaborations aim to reveal the inherent dialectics in China's modernization process.