HIST 2435 - Global Maoism: History and Present

(crosslisted) CAPS 2435
(GB) (ALC-AS, HA-AS, HST-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

P. Sun.

Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao’s death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of the most remarkable organizations of the 20th and 21st centuries that has survived the collapse of communism in Europe and the USSR. With the beneficial transformation brought by capitalism and globalization in China, the end of the Cold War and the narrative of the “end of history” cannot explain the resurgence of Maoism. (HAN)