The Historical Logic And Contemporary Construction Of The Chinese Marxist Theoretical Innovation Paradigm

The key to maintianing the forever vitality and vigour of Marxsim is the continuing propulsion of the theoretical innovation. The Marxist theoretical innovation is not only the process of putting forward the new views, theses, requirements and theories adaptive to the demands of the time, national characteristics and practical requirements on the basis of insisting on the basic principles of Marxism,but also the process of forming, developing and updating the theory paradigm. After Marxism was introduced into China, the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people to have developed a path of Marxist theoretical innovation with Chinese characteristics, achieved the two historic leaps of the sinicization of Marxism.The18th CPC national congress as well as the second and the third Plenary Session of the18th Central Committee have made a brand new strategic arrangement for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Meanwhile, new practice will call for the new scientific theory. What is the Marxist theoretical innovation and how to carry it out? This is the significant theoretical topic which the contemporary theoretical Marxists are facing. To solve the problem, it is necessary to conclude the new experience of innovation practices scientifically while teasing and explaining the historical experience of the theoretical innovation developed in the process of the Communist Party’s propulsion of the sinicization of Marxism. The Communist Party has utilized the Marxist standpoints, views and methods and formed significant and accessible theoretical innovation paradigms one after another in solving the "Chinese Problems",as well as the classical Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigms which are practical, theoretical, national and epochal. Therefore, the reference paradigm, which is an instrumental academic view and studying method, can not only explain the historical logic and practical mechanism of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation, but also solve the conundrums that the contemporary Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation is facing. Furthermore, it can also construct the scientific paradigm used directly by the theoretical subject when propelling the theoretical innovation.The Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm refers to the world view that the subject of Marxist theoretical innovation persisted in, the methodology they established, the innovation rules they concluded, the correct experience they accumulated, the classical examples they made and the scientific spirit they developed in the process of insisting on and applying Marxist standpoint, views and methods to carry forward the sinicization of Marxism, as well as in the sinicized practice of Marxist theoretical innovation. It’s a manifestation of the enrichment and development of Marxist dialectical materialism and historical materialism in China. The essence of it is the ways of thinking, the concrete methods, value idea, criterion for judgments, fundamental tactics, route choice, the verification mode and goals of theoretical innovation, which contains the dialectical unity between world view and methodology, value rational and instrumental reason, scientificalness and revolutionary characters, theoretical characters and realistic characters, principles and flexibility, as well as historical characters and logicality.According to the innovative characteristics of paradigms, the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm has innovative charaterictics of otherness and incommensurability, the accumulated character and sustainability, priority and the guiding character as well as the charater of survival of the fittest and competitiveness. From the formation mechanism of the paradigm, the basic preparations for the generation of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm are the party and the people’s constant use of Marxism to think about the Chinese revolution, construction and reform while its logical starting point is their use of Marxism to solve the national crisis and development difficulties, its developing idea is their theoretical belief of Marxism and practical commitments to thier coutry and nation, its developing motivation is the theoretical as well as practical revolution they’re propelling continuously and its developing symbol is the success of the Chinese revolution and the formation of the socialist construction path together with the Chinese Marxist theoretical system. Viewed from the development process of the paradigm, the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm has undergone Starting point, the first shape and the transformation of innovation of the three stages of development. Seen from the transition logic of the paradigm, the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm has undergone the operation logic from the sharing of some people to the sharing of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and then to the sharing of the people around the world. It also has gone through the conversion of the historical modality in different historical periods and the evolving logic of the formation, choice, development, changes, innovation and coexistence of the new and old paradigms.The foundations of theory, substance, politics, system, organization and the masses laid by Mao Zedong and the first generation of collective leadership for all the improvements of the contemporary China is the objective basis and basic advantage of the contemporary construction of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm. Mao’s prime experience of propelling theoretical innovation is the direct basis and historical advantage of the contemporary construction of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm. In the process of propelling the sinicization of Marxism, Mao Zedong combined the basic principles of Marxism and the facts of Chinese revolution and construction all the time while persisting in the sinicization, modernization and popularization of Marxism, the standpoint, viewpoint and methods of Marxism, the masses’ role as the subject,the academic policy of Hundred Flowers Campaign, the idea of "seek truth from facts" as well as the theoretical study and ideological and political education of Marxism.The contemporary construction of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm can be divided into two dimensions, which refer to the construction of elements and the integral. The elemental paradigm is comprised of the paradigm of subject, idea, problem,topic, motivation, strategy and practical propulsion. The subject paradigm is the specific pattern of making the subject with common theoretical knowledge, beliefs, methods and guidelines and value pursuit into a theoretical innovation community according to certain theoretical and practical logics. The idea paradigm refers to the opinions and views, value conception and thinking ways based on the new problems and contradictions, which are constructed by the subject while utilizing Marxist standpoints, views and methods. The problem paradigm is the standards and methods of solving problems developed by the subject when applying the Marxist standpoints, views and methods to refining, analyzing and solving the new problems as well as the old ones. The topic paradigm means the pattern of defining the theoretical innovation topic created by the subject while using the Marxist standpoints, views and methods to analyze and grasp the transition laws of the theoretical innovation topic. The motivation paradigm is about the subject’s line of thinking and mechanism of defining, integrating and transferring the source of motivation by using the Marxist standpoints, views and methods. And the practical propulsion paradigm refers to the concrete methods and ways adopted by the subject for achieving the established tactic goals of the theoretical innovation. Constructing the elemental paradigm of theoretical innovation will help the theoretical subject to make the elements of the theoretical innovation activities and their working mechanisms clear, unearth and summarise the main historical experience and achieving mechanism of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation deeply and highly and hold the development logic of the classical Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation paradigm precisely.The paradigms of the integral construction of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation are primarily comprised of the value examination and positioning paradigm, the discourse paradigm as well as the top designing paradigm. The value examination and positioning paradigm refers to the subject’s integral thinking, value standards and method system of viewing on the whole and judging the position of the practical process and results of the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation by using the Marxist standpoints, views and methods. The discourse paradigm is the value conception, thinking and opinions as well as patterns and methoeds of the subject while applying the Marxist standpoints, views and methods to cultivating the theoretical consciousness and confidence of the whole society to persist in, apply and develop Marxism. The top designing paradigm means the subject’s thinking patterns of making the long-term plan for the Chinese Marxist theoretical innovation program as well as formulating the holistic line of thinking and goals, implementing rules and evaluating mechanism for the theoretical innovation when utilizing the Marxist standpoints, views and methods. Constructing the integral theoretical innovation paradigm will help the theoretical subject to enhance the theoretical innovation to a range of national strategic planning arrangement, regulate and control the propelling strategies and practical process of the theoretical innovation in a macro perspective and also help in keeping the Chinese Marxism highly in line with the historical logic of the socialism with Chinese characteristics.