Deng Xiaoping's Theory of Contemporary Consciousness

Author: Ye Shantu Zhu
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is the second monograph by the author on Deng Xiaoping Theory, following "Deng Xiaoping's Philosophical Methodology" (Zhejiang People's Publishing House, 2000 edition). In recent years, the author has focused their research direction on Deng Xiaoping Theory. This is not only because Deng Xiaoping Theory is profound and vast, like an inexhaustible treasure, but also because researching and promoting Deng Xiaoping Theory is an unavoidable responsibility for a theoretical educator. Any truly great theory does not need to be flattered, but any great theory requires people to understand, apply, and interpret it in light of new realities, new practices, and new achievements in human civilization. It is precisely this motivation that drives the author to silently cultivate the fertile ground of Deng Xiaoping Theory. This book is guided by the principle of the interaction between social existence and social consciousness in historical materialism, using Deng Xiaoping's writings as its primary source while also paying attention to important documents from the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Party Congress and beyond. It particularly focuses on the "Three Represents" important thought proposed by the third generation of the Party's leadership and the people-centered scientific development concept put forward by the new central committee. This book is a summary and refinement based on the aforementioned materials and represents a new attempt by the author to study Deng Xiaoping Theory from a contemporary perspective.