20th Century Chinese Social Sciences (Marxist Volume)

Author: Xi Jieren, Yu Yuanpei (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Over a century of three major reassessments, each time constructing a new knowledge system, category, concepts, discourse, and even paradigm for China. These reassessments have provided new theoretical foundations and action plans for China's salvation and survival, the transformation of Chinese civilization, the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the development of China's revolution and modernization. As a result, Chinese social sciences have moved closer to society and the public, permeating people's entire spiritual and material lives, and infiltrating into the comprehensive transformation of social systems. Over a century of development in Chinese social sciences has provided a strong spiritual driving force and a solid spiritual backbone for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In this century, Chinese social sciences have undergone three large-scale reassessments of preceding academic, intellectual, and cultural traditions. Each reassessment has not only brought a major leap forward in social sciences but also sparked a widespread ideological liberation and a significant improvement in the quality of the public. In fact, the reassessment process continues to this day, shaping the character of Chinese social sciences that combines progressiveness, diversity, and adaptability.
The book systematically introduces the Chinese society's research journey on Marxism, Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Soviet socialist model, and the international communist movement from the perspective of the widespread dissemination of Marxism and its great practice of Sinicization. It also reveals the scientific nature of Marxism by addressing major debates in this historical process. The book provides a systematic and timely overview of the exchanges between China and the world regarding Marxist research institutions, academic organizations, publications, and related research.