Collection of Uncertainty

Author: Zheng Yifan
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: The book primarily reflects on the various formulas, laws, and rules of the Soviet dogmatic model, re-examines Soviet history and the practice of Soviet socialist construction. It is highly enlightening and serves as a valuable reference for Chinese historians and enthusiasts. It also promotes China's ongoing large-scale reform and opening-up efforts. This book is the result of Zheng Yifan's years of dedicated research on Soviet history. Most of the articles were originally published in the People's Daily and the Journal of World History and had a significant impact. It unravels many unresolved mysteries in Soviet history and explains numerous major theoretical issues. After the collapse of the "Gang of Four," many theoretical disputes needed to be clarified. Therefore, the research topics naturally focused on issues such as "productivity theory," "theory of the withering away of class struggle," and "the Proletarian Cultural Faction." This was both a personal need for relearning and a necessity for the historical and theoretical fields to correct the chaos. The Stalinist model was the most influential on China, but to evaluate its pros and cons, it was far from enough to discuss Stalin in isolation. To understand Stalin, it was necessary to place him in his historical context, compare his actions with those of his contemporaries, and see whether he had advanced or regressed. This required studying Lenin, especially his later thought, as well as Bukharin, Trotsky, and other "comrades," "rivals," or "enemies" of Stalin. Over the years, I have consistently focused on these closely related issues. By the later stages of Gorbachev's reforms, the survival of the Soviet Union became an increasingly realistic issue before us. Some of the author's articles began to address the fate of the Soviet Union. He Who Governs the People Governs the World was written more than a month in advance of the Soviet Union's dissolution, with a sense of unease, as a eulogy for the Soviet Union. For a historian to witness the disappearance of the country they study is a tragedy. However, from another perspective, it is not necessarily a "good thing"—the Soviet Union has become a complete historical era, and historians can now freely write about the past. They face the historical task of composing a detailed and reliable account of the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. This book represents a valuable exploration with high academic value and certain reference significance.