Deng Xiaoping Selected Works (Volume 1)

Selected Works #1

by Deng Xiaoping

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书名:邓小平文选(第一卷)
简介:
作者:邓小平
出版社:人民出版社
出版时间:1989年05月
装订方式:平装
分类:政治/军事|政治|领袖著作

Genres: China, Politics, History

Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989. In the aftermath of Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng consolidated power to lead China through a period of "reform and opening up" that transformed it into a socialist market economy. He is regarded as the "Architect of Modern China" for contributions to socialism with Chinese characteristics and Deng Xiaoping Theory.

Reviews

[Wilson Tun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping could be said in a short word, ‘Deng Xiaoping, the Revolutionary’. In his first volume, most of the letters focused on fixing the bureaucracy of China while negotiating with capitalists to structure an actual economy unlike most socialists that want to purge the entire bourgeois class. Reading his first volume, you can clearly see that his ideas are a progression from Marxism to suit the needs of Chinese realities.

Deng Xiaoping advocates for negotiation with landlords and to minimize public humiliation that was quite popular among the masses. One interesting thing is how heavily he advocates for “democratic socialism”, a parliament consisting of socialist-approved democratic parties and to partake in political campaigns alongside those parties without sidelining them. He’s truly a fan of Bukharin. He even criticized Stalin in one of his letters.

However, he gave an unsatisfactory explanation towards minorities’ issue with by coping out with “I don’t really understand their culture so we should wait until they ask for reforms.”

Other than that, his Six Principles for Financial Work is applicable anywhere in the world because his economic ideas are quite sensible compared to other revolutionaries.

Overall, this book is an outgrowth of Mao Zedong Thoughts that were derived from Marxist-Leninism with a focus on scientific aspect of Dialectical Materialism. Since this is still the start, I don’t expect that much. I’m expecting to see more economic ideas in Volume 2 and 3.

[Chet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glad to finally be reading through these. One of the 20th century's most important leaders, and I think it's accurate to say most Americans don't know his name. I didn't until maybe 2 years ago at most. For historical context to Trump's current beef with the PRC you have to at least go back to Deng's "reform and opening up." Thankfully this volume takes us back even further, to civil war and beyond..

[Aaron Schuschu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Deng admits that China went wrong with the Great Leap Forward. What I think gets lost in the sauce though is that there was too damn much rotation of workers strictly for the sake of self- criticism.