Rethinking Mao : explorations in Mao Zedong's thought / Nick Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Nick, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976--Philosophy.

Mao, Zedong.

Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976--Political and social views.

Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.

Political and social views.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

ix, 295 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

Rethinking Mao offers an innovative perspective on Mao Zedong, the major architect of the Chinese Revolution and leader of the People's Republic of China until his death in 1976. Utilizing a number of recently discovered documents written by Mao, Nick Knight "rethinks" Mao by subjecting a number of controversial themes in his thought to fresh scrutiny. This book provides a sophisticated analysis of Mao's views on the role of the peasants and working class in the Chinese revolution, his theoretical attempt to make Marxism appropriate to Chinese conditions, and his understanding of the Chinese road to socialism. Knight includes a discussion of the theoretical difficulties in interpreting Mao's thought. Rethinking Mao represents a challenge to many of the conventional accounts of Mao and his thought. This book will appeal to scholars and students of Chinese history and politics, as well as the history of Marxism in China.

Contents:

Introduction: rethinking Mao

On questions of method I: rethinking Mao and the Mao texts

On questions of method II : the Marxism of Mao Zedong

Working class and peasantry in Mao Zedong's thought, 1923-1945

Politics and vision: historical time and the future in Mao Zedong's thought, 1937-1945

Perspectives on Marxism and social change in Mao Zedong's thought: a study of three documents, 1937-1940

Mao Zedong and the "sinification of Marxism"

Mao Zedong on the Chinese road to socialism, 1949-1969

From harmony to struggle, from perpetual peace to cultural revolution: changing futures in Mao Zedong's thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.

ISBN:

9780739117064

0739117068

9780739117071

0739117076

OCLC:

76902055