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  • Introduction

  • Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University
  • Book:
    Forging Leninism in China
    Published online:
    03 February 2022
    Print publication:
    24 February 2022, pp 1-16

  • Summary

    The Introduction lays out the basic theses of the book: that it was local revolutionaries, not Mao, who introduced Marxism and, more importantly, political organization, to the countryside, but Mao suppressed these local movements. Moreover, the party was remade by Mao as a far more hierarchical, disciplined, violent, and militarized party than anything imagined in 1927.

Forging Leninism in China
  • Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934
  • Joseph Fewsmith
  • Published online:
    03 February 2022
    Print publication:
    24 February 2022
  • Forging Leninism in China is a re-examination of the events of the Chinese revolution and the transformation of the Chinese Communist Party from the years 1927 to 1934. Describing the transformation of the party as 'the forging of Leninism', Joseph Fewsmith offers a clear analysis of the development of the party. Drawing on supporting statements of party leaders and a wealth of historical material, he demonstrates how the Chinese Communist Party reshaped itself to become far more violent, more hierarchical, and more militarized during this time. He highlights the role of local educated youth in organizing the Chinese revolution, arguing that it was these local organizations, rather than Mao, who introduced Marxism into the countryside. Fewsmith presents a vivid story of local social history and conflict between Mao's revolutionaries and local Communists.