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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813170003321

Autore

Galway Matthew

Titolo

The emergence of global Maoism : China's red evangelism and the Cambodian communist movement, 1949-1979 / / Matthew Galway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-5017-6183-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.53230951

Soggetti

Communism and philosophy - Cambodia - History

Communism and philosophy - China - History

Communism - Cambodia - History

Communism - China - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Discovering truth through practice: Mao Zedong thought conceived and implemented, 1927-1965 -- Transmitting Maoism: Mao's global revolution, 1965-1975 -- The origins of Cambodia's Maoist vision: revolutionary intellectuals and Maoism, 1949-1955 -- Integrating truth with concrete practice: intellectual adaptations of Maoism, 1955-1965 -- Like desiccated straw in the ricefields: practical and normative adaptations of Maoism, 1966-1975 -- We must combine theory and practice: the implementation of Cambodia's Maoist vision, 1975-1979

Sommario/riassunto

"This book takes a genealogical approach to uncovering the processes whereby Maoism came into existence, how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) actively exported it outside China, and the conditions of its emergence in Cambodian intellectual circles where it inspired the future leaders of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK)"--