Ai Ssu-ch’i’s Contribution to the Development of Chinese Marxism: 4 (Harvard Contemporary China Series) - Softcover

Fogel, Joshua A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674012607 ISBN 13: 9780674012608

Verlag: Harvard University, Asia Center, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

(Ai Ssu-ch i (1910-1966) was China s most important popularizer of the philosophy of Marxism. He published over 20 books and nearly 300 articles and speeches, virtually all of which sought to explain the complexities of thought to the common people. His most famous work Che-hsueh chiang-hua (Talks of Philosophy), later named Ta-chung che-hsueh (Philosophy for the Masses) went through 32 printings between January 1936 and December 1948. Uniquely Mao Tse-tung never lost his admiration for him)

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Before the Cultural Revolution, Ai Ssu-ch'i (1910-1966) was one of Communist China's foremost Marxist philosophers, second only to Chairman Mao himself. Ai was attracted to Marxism-Leninism as a young student in China and Japan, and wrote numerous books and articles seeking to explain the complexities of the philosophy in language everyone could understand. His writings were enormously popular during the 1930s and 1940s, and went through many printings despite continuous harassment from Kuomintang censors. This volume is the first full-length study of Ai Ssu-ch'i. In spite of his popularity, Ai has largely been ignored in recent histories of the Chinese Communist movement, because his importance lies in his function as a popularizer rather than as an original thinker. However, it can be shown that Mao and other leaders of the movement were influenced by him, and his writings and translations certainly helped to attract many young Chinese intellectuals to the Communist cause. The recent flood of reminiscence literature in China has reserved a special place of prominence for Ai Ssu-ch'i. This is not only because he was so admired by Mao, but also because he devoted his life so enthusiastically and wholeheartedly to the Party. Joshua Fogel traces the pattern of this devotion via Ai's crucial role in spreading Marxist-Leninist thought among Chinese intellectuals.

Biografía del autor:

Joshua A. Fogel is Canada Research Chair and Professor of History, York University.

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• Verlag: Harvard University, Asia Center
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0674012607
• ISBN 13: 9780674012608
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152