Marxism and the Role of the State in the Soviet and Chinese Experience

Marxism and the Role of the State in the Soviet and Chinese Experience

Marxism

totalitarian state

despotism

China

Russia

This article reflects on the contrast between theoretical Marxism, especially its views on the state, and the actual developments in Russia and China, in which Marxist inspired revolutions created totalitarian states similar to Oriental despotism, and this became especially clear in China, where totalitarian arrangements fit well with native traditions. While Communist rule reinforced the country’s totalitarian traditions, it hardly hampered the country’s economy. Actually, the opposite happened: totalitarian China engaged in speedy progress and would most likely emerge as a global leader in the foreseeable future.

SHLAPENTOKH, Dmitry

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHINA STUDIES; International Journal of China Studies Vol.12 No.1 June 2021; 157-186

2180-3250

Institute of China Studies, Universiti Malaya

2022-05-06

Copyright (c) 2021 Institute of China Studies

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