How To Be A Good Communist: Lectures Delivered At The Institute Of Marxism-Leninism In Yenan, July 1939
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Fourth edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the summer of 1939, amid the turbulent crucible of revolutionary China, one of the Communist Party's most powerful theoreticians stood before students at the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Yenan and delivered a series of lectures that would reshape the ideological spine of Chinese communism. How to Be a Good Communist presents Liu Shao-chi's systematic and unflinching argument for the moral and political self-cultivation required of every dedicated Party member — a rigorous code of conduct that weaves Confucian traditions of self-improvement with the iron discipline of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. This work stands as a landmark text in 20th-century political thought, offering an unparalleled window into the inner world of the Chinese Communist Party during its formative years. Liu's prose is methodical and authoritative, instructing the reader not merely on political theory but on the very character, loyalty, and sacrifice demanded of a revolutionary. As much a moral treatise as a political manual, it raises a question that resonates far beyond its historical moment: what does it truly cost a person to surrender themselves, completely, to an idea?
Author: Liu Shao-Chi
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Foreign Languages Press, Peking
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: Fourth edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the summer of 1939, amid the turbulent crucible of revolutionary China, one of the Communist Party's most powerful theoreticians stood before students at the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Yenan and delivered a series of lectures that would reshape the ideological spine of Chinese communism. How to Be a Good Communist presents Liu Shao-chi's systematic and unflinching argument for the moral and political self-cultivation required of every dedicated Party member — a rigorous code of conduct that weaves Confucian traditions of self-improvement with the iron discipline of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. This work stands as a landmark text in 20th-century political thought, offering an unparalleled window into the inner world of the Chinese Communist Party during its formative years. Liu's prose is methodical and authoritative, instructing the reader not merely on political theory but on the very character, loyalty, and sacrifice demanded of a revolutionary. As much a moral treatise as a political manual, it raises a question that resonates far beyond its historical moment: what does it truly cost a person to surrender themselves, completely, to an idea?