Study On The Construction Of Collectivism Values In The Initial Period Of New China(1949-1956)

Collectivism is the essential feature,value pursuit and moral standard of socialist system.In the initial period of new China(1949-1956),the construction ofcollectivism values promotes the formation of socialist economicand political relations,becomes the basis for the operation of the state machinery of democratic centralism and consolidates the legitimate foundation for the ruling power(the Communist Party of China),enhancing the overall capacity of our country.It also reflects the centralized and unified leadership of our party and advantages of socialist system,arouses the enthusiasm for the broad masses of the people to build socialism and solves the crisis of Chinese society in whole in modern times,providing a strong spiritual force for comprehensivelybuilding socialism.The study on the construction of collectivism valuesis helpful to deepen the understanding of the construction law of Marxist ruling party and enrich the theory of the construction ofsocialist collectivism values.Based on the perspectives of combining the generative law ofvalues and the study on historical facts,this paper explores the historical,theoretical and time logic of the development of collectivism in the initial period of new China by using multi-discipline research methods,such as Marxist theory,pedagogy and ethics.It organically connects the construction ofcollectivism values with the line,principles,policies and historical practice of our party in the initial period of new China,reflecting the interactions between the construction ofcollectivism values and leading role of our party.It also gainsexperience in historicalreflections,so as to providecontemporary enlightenments for the inheritance and innovation of collectivism values.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this paper is divided into five chapters.The contents of the first chapter are driving forces and bases of the construction of collectivism values innew China.Its fundamental driving force is the revolutionary pursuit of our party.Its direct driving force is the principal social contradiction of new China.Its bases include theoretical bases and revolutionary practice bases.The theoretical bases consist of Marx'ssocial form theory,Lenin's collectivism thought,Mao Zedong's collectivism thought(Mao is the core of the first generation of leading collective of our party)and the positive elements of Chinese traditional holism thought.The revolutionary practice bases are mainly to explore revolutionary collectivismof our party during the period of new democratic revolution and formrevolutionary collectivism thoughts.The contents of the second chapter are realization conditions of theconstruction of collectivism values in new China.Its political conditionsare to establish the state power of people's democratic dictatorship and people's dominant position.Its economic conditionsare to recover the national economy and establishthe basic socialist economic system and socialist mode of production.Its cultural conditions are to form the socialist education system and develop the socialist culture and new social customs.The contents of the third chapter arepractices of the construction of collectivism valuesin new China.Its realization pathsare as follows:the unified propaganda and guidance mechanism(the system path),the comprehensive ideological education mechanism(the system structure),the organized mass movement mode(the power support)and the integrated unit social system(the organizational form).Its main characteristics of the form are as follows:developing workers' and peasants' education to improve its universality,implementing classified education to improve its pertinence,combining with social movements to improve its practicality,focusing on the central task to improve its permeability,shaping typical demonstration to improve its leading,using self-criticism to improve its effectiveness.The contents of the fourth chapter are comments on the construction of collectivism values innew China.Its positive influences mainly lie in the formation of collectivism values,which provides the value guidance for releasingand developing productive forces,organizational principles for consolidating people's democratic dictatorshipand moral standards for building socialism.Its deficienciesare as follows:lacking in the process of forming socialist mode of production affects the true identification with individual and collective.The dependence on individual and collective easily causes that personal interests are represented and eliminated by collective interests.The principle of overall consideration fails to be fully embodied.This chapter also comments on its important works,such as On the Ten Major Relationshipsand The 1954s Constitution.The contents of the fifth chapter are enlightenments and innovations ofthe construction ofcollectivism valuesinnew China.Building socialism with Chinese characteristics must adhere to the value guidance of collectivism and realize the innovative development of collectivism.Its principles are as follows:the harmonious unity of individual and collective interests,the collective authenticity and the priority to collective interests,the combination of advanced and extensive requirements,the mechanism of interestsadjustment and compensation with equity and justice,the dialectical unity of unitized and diversified value orientations,thelife community between human and nature,the realization of the common prosperity through shared development,the development of collectivism bythe cultural construction.