Totalitarian Future: The Case of Red China
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Abstract
The major point of this paper could be reduced to the following: Chinese totalitarianism merged Oriental despotism with Marxism and provides the framework for China’s global predominance. The article will follow a certain outline. First, it shows why Western observers could not understand China. Secondly, it shows how Oriental despotism enjoys a lot of “socialist” features and how Marxism was finally blended with Chinese tradition. Finally, the result of this blending would be elaborated upon.
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