The Philosophical Influences of Mao Zedong

Notations, Reflections and Insights

Robert Elliott Allinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2019
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-05985-6 (ISBN)

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This philosophical Mao is a fresh portrait of the mind of the ruler who changed the face of China in the twentieth century. The book traces the influences of both traditional Chinese and traditional pre-Marxist Western philosophy on the early Mao and how these influences guided the development of his thought. It reveals evidence of the creative dimensions of Mao’s thinking and how he wove the yin/yang pattern of change depicted in the Yijing, the Chinese Book of Changes, into the Marxist dialectic to bring ancient Chinese philosophy to mark changes in twentieth century thought.

Mao’s lifetime philosophical journey includes his interpretations of and comments on both Chinese and Western philosophers. His deep, metaphysical reflections, uncanny prognostications and pensive speculations from his early pre-Marxist period to his later philosophical years prove to be as startling as they are thought-provoking.

Robert Elliott Allinson is Professor of Philosophy at Soka University of America, USA and former Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Foreword, Irene Eber, Louis Frieberg Professor Emerita of Chinese History and Philosophy and Senior Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction to the Philosophical Mao
2. Mao’s Youthful Philosophical Development
3. Mao in the Margins: Mao’s Philosophy of Egoism
4. Mao’s Early Philosophical Influences and Reflections
5. The Blend of the Influence of Chinese and Western philosophy on Mao’s Thought and Parallels in China’s Social and Economic Development
6. Mao’s Marxist Thought and the Yijing
7. Mao as Metaphysician and Literatus
8. Mao’s Contributions to Philosophy
Notes
Selected List of References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-350-05985-4 / 1350059854
ISBN-13	978-1-350-05985-6 / 9781350059856
Zustand	Neuware