In the four volumes of The Development Trajectory of Eastern Societies and the Theories and Practices of Socialism, the author re-examines Marx and Engels’ theories on the development trajectory of Eastern societies by integrating theoretical analysis of Marxist theories and a historical investigation of socialist revolution and socialist construction around the world.
Pointing out the guiding significance of five aspects of the basic principles of Marxism for studying how Eastern societies develop, this volume interrogates various assumptions that have prevailed in academia, addresses unexplained topics, and offers insight into the understanding of these basic principles. The result is a penetrating and specific understanding of Marxist basic principles and the development trajectory of Eastern societies.
Critical engagement with predominant understandings and a refreshing reformulation of Marxist theoretical bases make the book a key new reference for readers who are studying or are interested in Marxism, Marxist philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
Author(s): Jiaxiang Zhao
Series: China Perspectives
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 108
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Social forms and their classifications
1.1 Classification of the five social forms
1.2 Classification of the three social forms
1.3 Relationship between the “five social forms” and the “three social forms”
1.4 Classification of the technological social forms
Notes
Chapter 2 The purposiveness of human activities and the regularity of social development
2.1 The proposition of “unity between the regularity and the purposiveness of social development” is unscientific
2.2 The proposition of “the purposiveness of social development” is a view of historical teleology
2.3 Marx and Engels’ critique of historical teleology
2.4 The purpose of human activities is not equivalent to the “purposiveness” of social development
2.5 The proposition that “social development has laws” is incompatible with the nature and characteristics of the laws of social history
2.6 Correctly understanding “act according to objective laws”
Notes
Chapter 3 Historical determinism, subjective choice, and their relations
3.1 The classification of historical philosophy and the theoretical origins of historical nondeterminism
3.2 The determinism of historical materialism
3.3 The determinism of historical materialism is materialistic and dialectical
3.3.1 The relationship between historical determinism and human agency
3.3.2 The relationship between univocal and probabilistic determinism
3.3.3 Relationship between historical determinism and subjective choice
3.3.4 Freedom and necessity
3.4 Relation between interpreting and changing the world
Notes
Chapter 4 Historical progress and its measure
4.1 The conception of historical progress
4.1.1 Historical progress is an upward and forward movement
4.1.2 Historical progress is tortuous and iterative
4.1.3 Historical progress embodies both facts and values
4.1.4 Historical progress is the dialectical unity of accumulation and transformation
4.1.5 Historical progress is a long process
4.2 The price of historical progress
4.2.1 Essence of the price of historical progress
4.2.2 The necessity of the costs of historical progress
4.2.3 A scientific conception of price
4.2.4 Correctly choosing the price
4.3 Two measures of historical evaluation and their relation
4.4 The shift of Marx’s focus in the historical measure
4.4.1 In the early 1850s
4.4.2 From the mid-1850s to mid-1870s
4.4.3 Mid-1870s to Marx’s death
Notes
Chapter 5 The integrity of Marxism
5.1 The integrity of Marxism from the perspective of its social and historical conditions
5.2 The integrity of Marxism based on the origins of Marxism
5.3 Integrity of Marxism as based on its content
5.4 The integrity of Marxism based on its historical evolution
5.5 Viewing the integrity of Marxism from Marxist classics
Notes
Bibliography
Classic works of Marxism
Chinese literature
Other literature: translations
Index
