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From the May Fourth Movement to Communist Revolution: Guo Moruo and the Chinese Path to Communism

From the May Fourth Movement to Communist Revolution: Guo Moruo and the Chinese Path to Communism

Chen, Xiaoming

Paperback

Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Literary FiguresChinese HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0791471381
ISBN13: 9780791471388
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jun 5 2008
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.03 Depth: 8.95
Language: English

Using the life and work of influential Chinese writer Guo Moruo (1892-1978), reflects on China's encounters with modernity, Communism, and capitalism.

Why did China's intellectuals turn to Communism? Reflecting on China's encounters with modernity, Communism, and capitalism, Xiaoming Chen offers an explanation by using as a case study the life and work of influential Chinese writer Guo Moruo (1892-1978). Guo was dedicated to the May Fourth Movement, which sought to bring reform, republicanism, and modern Western ideas to China, but abandoned these ideals for Communism in the mid-1920s. While the hope of national salvation was a major factor in Guo's conversion, Chen suggests other reasons, including a desire to save the whole world, a goal that was consistent with the traditional Confucian call to not only manage the state but also harmonize the world. Chen also argues that despite the collectivist and totalitarian outcome of the Chinese Communist movement, Marx's initial promise of ultimate individual emancipation served as a major attraction to intellectuals like Guo, who came to view Marxist Communism as the most efficient and thorough way to fulfill their dream of individual freedom.

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