The Beginning of Mao Zedong's Philosophical Thought

Author: Yu Pinhua et al.
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Great eras inevitably produce great philosophical thoughts. True philosophy is the essence of the spirit of its own time and the crystallization of human wisdom. The emergence of every philosophical thought is rooted in its historical context and holds its own value and significance. Fundamentally, it is a product of its time—the essence of the revolutionary spirit of the Chinese people, a "great instrument of understanding" that emerged to observe the historical destiny of the Chinese nation. It is formed on the foundation of China's entire past development, the changes of China's modern stage, and the inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture. Especially, it is the application and development of Marxist philosophy in the practice of the Chinese revolution, the highest abstraction of the vigorous revolutionary movement of oppressed nations in the Eastern colonies and semi-colonies in the first half of the 20th century in terms of theoretical thinking. As the mainstream philosophy of China after the 1930s and the Sinicization of Marxist philosophy, Mao Zedong philosophy has played and continues to play an irreplaceable key role in the liberation and rejuvenation of the contemporary Chinese nation, as well as in China's revolution and modernization efforts.