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The Evolution of a Young Revolutionary—Mao Zedong in 1919–1921

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Robert A. Scalapino
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Abstract

The years from 1919 through 1921 represent a period of major change in the political views of Mao. At the outset, he was attracted to anarchism and liberalism. At the end, he was prepared to espouse Marxism-Leninism, not because he had encompassed its doctrines, but because he had been persuaded that it represented a technique for successful revolution. In these years, Mao began as a strong Han nationalist but later denounced Chinese “imperialism” and argued for a Hunan nation. A few months later, he was espousing internationalism. Underlying these changes was the alternate hope and despair that Mao felt for China as a nation. A deep-rooted Chineseness and a penchant for political activism characterized Mao throughout this and succeeding eras.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , November 1982 , pp. 29 - 61
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Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982

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