Z -e “Sinification” of Marxism: rudiments, a historical parenthesis and a “new round” of development in modern China

During the global fi nancial crisis in 2008, the collapse of the ideology of Marxism can be traced in the scientific discourse — all the remaining socialist foundations and bases collapsed, and new formats were mixed and transformed into a chaotic order and new political foundations. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. The main social contradiction in China has transformed into a contradiction between the growing desire of people for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. Changes in the main contradictions in Chinese society have determined that the scientific discourse should consider people’s desire for a better life as the goal of social struggle, constantly strengthen people’s sense of happiness and security and constantly contribute to the overall prosperity of the nation. The main purpose of the article is to crystallize the “new round” of the development of Marxism in China, which began with the arrival of Xi Jinping to rule the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China. The author reveal the prerequisites for the origin of Marxism in the world (from the level of an idea to a real embodiment), give a historical overview of the formation of Marxism in China (the main stages are identified and each of them is characterized), and also argue for the emergence of a “new round” of development in modern China based on a comparison of new bases of ideology and fundamental Marxist theories.

Despite the collapse of the socialist system, it cannot be assumed that the external alternative to capitalization and socialization has historically exhausted itself. The experience of modern China, which opens up space for the development of capitalist forms in those parts of the economic space where they show their advantages and have not technically exhausted themselves, is much more consistent with Marx’s natural-historical approaches: not to jump over regular stages (falling, as a rule, into the abyss), but to create opportunities for development and the historical exhaustion of natural forms.

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