Science Socialism: Theory and Practice (Third Edition)

Author: Tong Xing
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book adheres to the principles of logic and history being consistent, theory and practice being integrated, and value and science being unified, examining socialism as a "trinity" of theory, movement, and system. The book is divided into three parts: The first part primarily summarizes the leap from utopian to scientific socialism by Marx and Engels, as well as the leap from theory to reality led by Lenin in scientific socialism. The middle part focuses on analyzing the social background, content characteristics, historical contributions, and inherent flaws of the socialist model, as well as introducing and evaluating other socialist models that once had significant influence, socialist thought in developed capitalist countries, and socialist thought in developing countries. The last part specifically explores socialism with Chinese characteristics, including Mao Zedong's founding of the theory of the new democratic revolution, leading the Chinese nation through the new democratic revolution to socialism; Deng Xiaoping's founding of the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, leading China to implement reform and opening-up and embark on the path to a prosperous and strong nation; the central committee with Jiang Zemin at its core proposing the important thought of "Three Represents" and the program for building socialism in the primary stage, and the central committee with Hu Jintao as secretary general proposing the goals of "comprehensive well-off society," "scientific development," and "harmonious society," further advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.