Origins of Chinese Communism

Name: Origins of Chinese Communism
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ISBN: 9780195054545

ISBN-10: 0195054547

ISBN-13: 9780195054545

Edition: 1989

Authors: Arif Dirlik

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Based on a wealth of archival material released after Mao's death, this book offers a revisionist account of the introduction and triumph of Marxism in China. Dirlik shows that, in 1919, at the outset of the May Fourth Movement, anarchism was the predominant ideology among revolutionaries and intellectuals and Marxism was virtually unknown. Three years later, however, the Communist Party of China had emerged as the unchallenged leader of the Left. Dirlik disputes long-held beliefs about the domestic origins of Chinese Communism to argue that Communist thought and organization were brought into radical circles by the Comintern. Though Chinese radicals would not have turned to Communism…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.14" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Perspectives and Perceptions: May Fourth Socialism and the Origins of Communism in China



Chinese Radicals and the October Revolution in Russia



A Revolution Perceived: the October Revolution through Chinese Eyes



The October Revolution and Marxism in China: the Case of Li Dazhao



From Enlightenment to Socialism. Radical Intellectuals, Labor, and Social Radicalism in May Fourth Thought



Social Consciousness and Socialism: Class, Society, and Social Revolution in May Fourth Thought



Radical Culture and Social Activism: Anarchism in May Fourth Radicalism



The Language of Class: Marxism in May Fourth Socialism



Corporatist Resolutions: Class Politics without Class Struggle



From Study Society to Political Cell: Ideology and Orgarnization in the Origins of Chinese Communism



May Fourth Radicalism at a Crossroads: Study Societies, Communes, and the Search for Social Revolution



The Comintern and the Organization of Communism in China



The Parting of the Ways: the Ideological Emergence of Communism



Paths to the Future: Communist Organization and Marxist Ideology


Notes


Bibliography


Index