| Individualistic Worship, as a common social phenomenon, has generated great influence on historical development. In China, Individualistic Worship had a long story. Since the establishment of socialism, it has far from been rooted out owing to various reasons. Instead, it manifested itself during certain period more intensely, thus bringing great impact on social economy, politics and life system. A theoretical illustration of Individualistic Worship is helpful to clarify its essence and limitations; to bring the people's initiative and creativity into play; to prevent the reoccurrence of Individualistic Worship; to promote the full development of individuals; to define the position and function of socialist democracy in modern socialist construction, thus quickening the pace of socialist politics development; to have a correct understanding of heroes so as to forge a national spirit representative of current requirement and advanced culture; to make a comprehensive knowledge of various forces pushing society going on, hence utilizing active forces of all social levels; and to enhance our consciousness in adhering to the Party's principle of mass line, so that we can draw on the wisdom of the masses in major problems related to socialist development as well as the people's fundamental interest and welfare. A systematic, comprehensive and objective study of Individualistic Worship is a major theoretical question that cannot be shied away in the adoption of historical materialism to analyze social phenomenon and social problems. An integral theoretical explanation of this social phenomenon is conducive to the further understating of the various forces which push the society forward and of the functions that outstanding characters have made in socialist development, hence clarifying the significance and direction of socialistic democracy. The dissertation strives, by probing into its essence, functions and characters, to have a general and objective analysis of Individualistic Worship in the way of cross-subjects and comprehensive angles of view. The paper puts special emphasis on the root of Individualistic Worship, discusses the mechanism of its formation, as well as its social domino effect. In the end the author puts forward some methods in the prevention of Individualistic Worship. The paper comprises introduction, body with five chapters and conclusion. In the introduction, the author discusses the practical and theoretical significance of the dissertation. In reviewing the past and present researches home and abroad related to the dissertation, the author expounds the particularity of his study and puts forth the major research methods in his paper.Chapter 1 discusses the origin, essence, genres and characters of Individualistic Worship. In this way, the author tries to form a comprehensive and objective definition. Based on the generalization of the characters which generate Individualistic Worship, the author defines it as the adoration that group members have on their leader in a certain social organization and the mutual conductance restrained under such feeling. The author thinks that Individualistic Worship is one mode in the formation of certain social order. In essence, it is a loss of individual independence. It, meanwhile, functions as a recessive religion. The paper strives to distinguish Individualistic Worship from authority, heroes and other related social phenomena.Chapter 2 analyzes the historical, social and cognitive origins of Individualistic Worship. Its historical roots came from such factors as the dependence of individuals on society because of low productivity, the restraint of mass independence as a result of long-term despotism, the lack of ability for reasonable criticism resulted from the lag of science and culture, and the physiological organism in the natural evolution. The social origins of Individualistic Worship involve the desperation resulting from the intensification of various contradictions in social life, autarchic system in high centralization...
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