Fifty Years of Chinese Philosophy

Author: Xing Bensi
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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: This book discusses Marxist philosophy in contemporary China. Contemporary China refers to the entire half-century from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present (1999). Its past is burdened with the feudal cultural tradition and the legacy of the old China under semi-colonial and semi-feudalism; its future is the upcoming 21st century. In the face of this new century, the Chinese people are confronted with both unavoidable severe challenges and great opportunities for national rise. This makes summarizing the philosophical thinking of contemporary Chinese society over the past half-century a very important and highly meaningful task. Summarizing 50 years of philosophy (referring to Marxist philosophy) can be approached from various perspectives. The perspective of this article is: the role and position of philosophy in the development of contemporary Chinese society.