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The Critique of Ultra-Leftism in China, 1958-1981
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The Chinese political system has undergone a profound transformation since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, and nowhere is this more evident than in the effort to exorcise the influence of the ultra-Leftism that is alleged by the current Chinese leadership to have characterized much of the last two decades of the Maoist era.
The author places the post-Mao assault on radicalism into the historical and ideological perspectives of earlier critiques of ultra-Leftism within the Marxist tradition and the Chinese Communist Party. He traces the evolution of the critique in the writings of Marx, Engels, Lemin, and Mao and carefully examines three anti-Leftist criticism and rectification campaigns in recent Chinese history: the retreat from the Great Leap Forward of 1958-61, the campaign against “Swindlers like Liu Shaoqi” carried out in 1971-73 after the death of Lin Biao, and the criticism of the Gang of Four following their purge in 1976. These cases are analyzed in terms of both the political conflict surrounding each campaign and the ideological issues raised by the critique of the ultra-Leftism.
Understanding the nature and extent of the critique of ultra-Leftism helps to clarify the ideological world in which the Chinese leaders operate, to explain some of the most perplexing events in the history of the People’s Republic, and to assess the changes that continue to shape the political environments of post-Mao China.
William A. Joseph is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.
This is a reproduction edition based on a scan of the following original edition:
The critique of ultra-leftism in China, 1958-1981
By William A. Joseph
Published by Stanford University Press, 1984
ISBN 0804712085, 9780804712088
312 pages
Contents
The Critique from Marx to Mao 22
ultra-Left , Li Lisan , Lenin
The Origins of the Incomplete Critique 62
Lushan , Peng Dehuai , Zhengzhou
The Critique of the Great Leap Forward 82
relations of production , people's communes , Zhengzhou
The Campaign 120
Chen Boda , Zhou Enlai , Jiang Qing
The Campaign 151
fake Left , Left opportunist , Hua Guofeng
The UltraLeftism of Lin Biao and the Gang 183
Mao Zedong Thought , class struggle , Dazhai
The Critique of UltraLeftism and Chinas 220
anti-Rightist campaign , counterrevolution , ultra-Left line
Notes 247
ultra-Left , ECMM , FBIS-CHI
Bibliography 293
Index 305
Tientsin , Chinese Communist , American
Schooling and Work in the Democratic State
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A new explanation of the relation between schooling and work in the democratic, advanced industrial state emerges from this study that rejects both traditional views and the more recent Marxian perspective. Traditional views consider schools as autonomous institutions that are able to pursue thegoals of equality and social mobility irrespective of the inequalities of capitalist society; the Marxian perspective views schools as serving the role of producing wage-labor for capitalistic exploitation.
The authors suggest that the shortcomings of both views are rooted in the fact that they do not recognize the true functions of the democratic, capitalist state. This state is seen as an arena for struggle between forces pushing for egalitarian, democratic, reforms and those seeking to use the resources of the state for private capital accumulation. Depending on which side has primacy at the moment, schools will reflect one set of goals over the other. However, victory is never complete, and the tide of battle has shifted back and forth historically.
The authors develop this theory through interpreting the dynamic relation between U.S. schools and the workplace. Based on this approach, they predict changes in both schooling and work as well as the forms that future conflicts between the contending forces are likely to take.
Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics, and Henry M. Levin is Professor of Eduction and Affiliated Professor of Economics, at Stanford University.
This is a reproduction edition made from a scan of the following original edition:
Schooling and work in the democratic state
By Martin Carnoy, Henry M. Levin
Published by Stanford University Press, 1985
ISBN 0804712425, 9780804712422
307 pages
Contents
Introduction 1
functionalist , capitalist , social relations
Historical Traditions and a New Approach 7
relations of production , functionalist , U.S. Supreme Court
Education and Theories of the State 26
social-conflict theory , relations of production , capital accumulation
Education and the Changing American Workplace 52
capital accumulation , labor market , Proposition 13
Social Conflict and the Structure of Education 76
vocational education , social mobility , herent
Reproduction and the Practices of Schooling 110
ability group , Huntington School , percentile ranking
Contradiction in Education 144
social equality , profes , school discipline
Reforms in the Workplace 177
trade unions , autonomous work groups , job enrichment
Predicting Educational Reforms 215
mastery learning , flexible modular scheduling , educational vouchers
The Potential and Limits of School Struggles 247
Reaganomics , Educational vouchers , Reagan Administration
References Cited 271
American Economic Review , Althusser , Chicago
Index 299
Levin , Schooling
