HIST 2562 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cultural Revolution, Maoism, Mao Zedong
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Heros of the time- strident, military, workers, peasants, nationalism, patriotism. Because economy is slowing down, social dislocation is serious in some sectors. Marx, engels, lenin, and mao zedong thought: from international socialism to socialism with chinese characteristics . Dialectical materialism: contradictions (change as conflict between opposites)-- contradictions among the people . Stages of history (slave, feudal, capitalist, socialist//0) natural agents of change are those oppressed by capitalism. Role of the party (vanguard of the proletariat) natural form of historybut possible to expedite with the communist party. Could also be made agents of change for a socialist future. Campaigns (anti-rightist, etc), mass mobilization, reeducation (ie rounding up prostitutes, Red (communist spirit that could bring change) vs. expert . Great proletarian cultural revolution soviet organization: chinese communist party and the. 1976: mao"s death, return of experts, fitful and gradual loosening, prioritize economic development over revolution. Mao zedong circumvented the comm party and went straight to the youth learn from the youth .