On Contradiction
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"On Contradiction" is a 1937 philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that systematically applies and develops Marxist dialectical materialism to analyze the nature and role of contradictions in social and historical processes.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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political theory essay → |
| aimsTo |
guide revolutionary strategy in China
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systematize Marxist dialectics → |
| appliesTo |
historical processes
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revolutionary practice → social processes → |
| author |
Mao Zedong
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| contrastsWith |
mechanical materialism
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metaphysical modes of thought → |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
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| focusesOn |
identity of opposites
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internal and external contradictions → particularity of contradiction → primary and secondary contradictions → principal aspect of contradiction → principal contradiction → struggle of opposites → universality of contradiction → |
| genre |
Marxist theoretical work
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revolutionary theory → |
| hasPerspective |
materialist dialectics
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| historicalContext |
Yan'an period of the Chinese Communist movement
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| influenced |
Chinese Communist Party ideological education
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Mao Zedong Thought → Maoist theory of contradiction → |
| mainSubject |
Marxist philosophy
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dialectical materialism → historical development → materialist dialectics → philosophical contradiction → social contradictions → |
| originalLanguage |
Chinese
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| partOf |
corpus of Mao Zedong Thought
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| philosophicalClaim |
contradiction is the fundamental law of material reality
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development occurs through the struggle of opposites → every process contains internal contradictions → the principal aspect of a contradiction determines the nature of a thing → the principal contradiction plays a decisive role in development → |
| philosophicalTradition |
Leninism
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Maoism → Marxism → |
| publicationYear |
1937
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| relatedWork |
On Practice
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| title |
On Contradiction
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| usedIn |
Chinese Communist Party cadre education
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Marxist philosophy curricula → |
| writtenDuring |
Chinese Civil War period
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Mao Zedong
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On New Democracy
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On Practice
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On Contradiction
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