Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism

Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism is a Chinese textbook of Marxist–Leninist and Maoist philosophy, written and edited by Ai Siqi in 1961. It was the standard textbook on Marxist philosophy in China until 1978.[1]

In 1961, Ai Siqi was appointed to edit the textbook "Dialectical Materialism Historical Materialism". The book was considered the main summation of Mao Zedong's philosophical thoughts, and paid close attention to the connection between Marxist philosophy and Chinese traditional philosophy.[2] The book became a philosophical textbook for colleges and universities, party schools, and dry schools in China, and it had an important influence in the 1960s and 1980s.[3]

China had previously relied on Soviet textbooks and this book was written in the context of the Sino-Soviet split, with Kang Sheng and Chen Boda commissioning it in 1959.[4]

In 1993 Kang Liu wrote "The first thing any college student encounters in philosophy class is Ai Siqi's systematization of this philosophical cosmology. Ai Siqi expounds upon dialectical materialism and historical materialism."[5]

References
  1. sdonline. "Contemporary Development of Marxist Philosophy in China - Socialism and Democracy".
  2. Goldman, Professor of History Emerita Boston University and Associate of the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research Harvard University Merle; Goldman, Merle; Cheek, Timothy; Hamrin, Carol Lee; Cheek, Professor of Chinese Research Timothy (27 February 1987). "China's Intellectuals and the State: In Search of a New Relationship". Harvard Univ Asia Center – via Google Books.
  3. "艾思奇对中国马克思主义哲学的贡献--党史频道". dangshi.people.com.cn.
  4. "新中国第一本哲学教科书为何迟至1959年才编写？——中新网". www.chinanews.com.
  5. Liu, Kang (27 February 1993). "Politics, ideology, and literary discourse in modern China: theorectical interventions and cultural critique". Duke University Press – via Google Books.
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