The Triple Tensions of Mao Zedong's Thought of Revolutionary Modernity During the New Democratic Revolution
Transforming traditions,fighting for survival,and initiating modern transformation constitute the practical themes of the New Democratic Revolution.Thus,the revolution and the search for modernity are logically and empirically isomorphic.During the New Democratic Revolution,Mao Zedong's revolutionary modernity thought manifested the"triple tensions"of innovation,integration,and transcendence.Based on the scientific judgment of China's national conditions and guided by Marxist theory,the Chinese Communists,mainly represented by Mao Zedong,pushed forward overall social change in modern civilization,modern economic production,and modern cultural values,showing a structural renovation of the pre-modern society.During the revolutionary period,in the dynamic competition of multiple forces and the interaction of various cultures,a non-dualistic and tolerant way of integration was formed.In the criticism of the single-narrative western modernity,the socialist modernity with Chinese characteristics was gradually constructed,the transcendence of capitalist modernity was completed,and the primitive form of Chinese path to modernization was initially stipulated.
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