The Sinicization Of Marxism Interwined With Utopia And Modernity

The western capitalism's aggression to China not only includes the impact of capitalist civilization, but also shows the worldwide split of modernity. In this way, the Utopia Complex of Chinese was formed in pursuing the modernization. To judge capitalism, eliminate social fragmentation in the growing of modernity and attribute modern spirit to the traditional ideal, has become the basis for the institutional choice of China's modernization. The pursuit of modernity and Utopian ideology constitute inherent tension of the sinicization of Marxism. China's modernization belongs to subsequent, exogenous modernization, that is to say, it is formed under the impact of west modernity, rather than its own pursuit of the growth of modernity. At this time, the western capitalist development led to the split of modernity, that is, the social contradictions of capitalism were exposed to Chinese people. They couldn't portray capitalism as a "rational kingdom" just as French Enlightenment thinkers had done in those years, but had to face to various social contradictions caused by capitalist development. At this time, the rise of western socialist movements and the development of socialist doctrines, provided Chinese people with a new frame of reference. Kang Youwei's ideal of Universal Great Harmony and Sun Yat-sen's ideal of People's Livelihood, reflected the intention of the union of the pursuit of modernization with the choice of socialism. Mao Zedong linked the industrial and commercial development to the social change in rural areas since Chinese modern history, in order to establish the revolutionary road which took the Communist Party as its leader and 'took land revolution as its important content; he linked the concept of freedom and democracy to the reform of traditional culture, in order to propose new-democratic culture theory; he linked the value pursuit of elite to the awakening of the public, in order to propose the thought of "anything should be conducted in terms of people' interests "; he linked people's democracy to power centralization, in order to propose the idea of the people's democratic dictatorship. In this way, it formed the new roads of China's revolution and modernization. Although Mao Zedong had Utopian thought in the practice of socialism, this Utopia has aspirations to curb the split of modernity by moral ideal if we consider socialism as a process of modernization. The sinicization of Marxism can't be accomplished in an action, but it's an easy-to-digest, out-to-inside process along with China's socialist practice continuously. The socialism with Chinese characteristics develops in the exploration. The development of modernity and the aspirations of utopia are two forces in the sinicization of Marxism.