The Projection of Mao in Xi Jinping

marxism and university in the strengthening of chinese socialism

Abstract

This work indicates that the process of reform and opening up represented an instrument for the continuous development of China’s productive forces. We adopt the perspective that ideology plays a central role in Chinese political and social stability, being an element of concern for the leaders of the Communist Party. In this sense, the article proposes a reading of the insertion of Marxism in Chinese universities, making a parallel between Mao Tse-Tung’s thought and the speech of Xi Jinping, as well as the concrete policies in relation to higher education. It is also pointed out that the strengthening of the Marxist Theory is the foundation of internal cohesion and paradigmatic rupture in relation to the collapsed neoliberal system centered on the West. For this endeavor, the text “About art and literature” and recent speeches by President Xi Jinping will be used, as well as some policies defined through the Ministry of Education in the recent period, such as the institution of the Schools of Marxism.