Equ(al)ity and Community in China after Forty Years of Economic Reform
Sinicised Marxism and “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” in Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13070182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alessia Amighini (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, corresponding author), Peitao Jia (Shandong University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 269-290 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2232-5131 • E-ISSN: 2350-4226 |
| Publisher | University of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI) |
| DOI | 10.4312/as.2019.7.1.269-290 |
| OpenAlex | W2911493929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired empirical assessment, to analyse how Sinicised Marxist theory as well as practice has invariably emphasised Marx’s philosophy of history, rather than any version of Marxist egalitarian political philosophy, and therefore developed a culturally distinctive version of Marxism as totalitarian and subsequently authoritarian (rather than democratic) socialism. We argue that Chinese socialism has appropriated and applied socialist ideals to China’s post-cultural-revolution development into an economic reform agenda without political transition. We suggest that China today runs an ethically and politically problematic regime under which the people enjoy neither sufficient social justice nor decent community values. Such lack of equality and community represents a major inherent contradiction of “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” which has to accept and even accommodate increasing inequality to drive future growth. This contradiction also makes the so-called Chinese Dream more one of national aggregate prosperity than a dream for the Chinese people
Authoritarianism · China · Communism · Contradiction · Democracy · Epistemology · Harmonious Society · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Socialism · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |