Marxism and the Making of China: A Doctrinal History

An assessment of the influence of the Marxism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on revolutionary developments in China. The work covers the period from the first appearance of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong until its full transformation by Deng Xiaoping - into a nationalist, developmental, single-party, developmental dictatorship.

CONTENTS

Preface, ix
Acknowledgments, xi
A Note on Transliteration, xiii

1. China, Marxism, and the Background in Time, 1

2. Marxism, Revolution, and Development, 25

3. Marxism, Revolution, and the Making of New Nations, 45

4. China, Developmental Nationalism, and Revolution, 71

5. Mao Zedong and the Conquest of China, 97

6. The Making of Maoism, 119

7. “Mao Zedong Thought”, 141

8. The Passing of Maoism as a Developmental System, 167

9. Maoism, Deng Xiaoping, and “Proletarian Internationalism”, 187

10. The Ideology of Post-Maoist China, 211


11. New China in Comparative Perspective, 237

Select Bibliography, 265
Index, 273

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