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Study On The Thought Of Saving The Nation Through Science During The May Fourth Movement Period

Posted on:2010-12-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M H XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360278476446Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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The thought of saving the nation through science during the May Fourth Movement period is a political trend of reformism thought of patriotism that intelligentsia of the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie of that time tries to spread science knowledge, develop science and technology, cultivate scientific and technical personnel, carry forward science spirit to save the nation. Its famous representatives are Ren Hongjuan, Du Yaquan, Hu Mingfu, Zhai Bingzhi, Huang Yanpei and so on.In this paper, studies on the thought of saving the nation through science during the period of the May Fourth Movement are mainly shown as follows:Firstly, it summarizes the basic propositions of the thought of saving the nation through science during the May Fourth Movement period. On the basis of various arguments of the thought of saving the nation through science during the period of the May Fourth Movement, it generalizes five basic theories which are the theory of saving the nation by science knowledge, the theory of saving the nation by science technology, the theory of saving the nation by science education, the theory of saving the nation by scientific approach, and the theory of saving the nation by science spirits.Secondly, it explores reasons for the formation of the thought of saving the nation through science during the May Fourth Movement period, revealing social unrest as its social context, national bourgeoisie's development as its class basis, modern scientific theory of saving the nation as its historical reason, the Evolution as its theoretical origin, modern western theory of strengthening the nation by relying on science and technology as its external conditions.Thirdly, it analyzes fundamental features of the thought of saving the nation through science during the period of the May Fourth Movement, which are progressive, enlightening, reformative and social.Fourthly, it evaluates the historical status of the thought of saving the nation through science during the May Fourth Movement period. It is considered that the thought promotes the salvation movement, advances the progress of science and education, improves the development of national capitalism, propels the spread of Marxism in China, leads to examine the problems of modernity, finally ends with an inevitable failure.Fifthly, it manifests the realistic enlightenments of the thought of saving the nation through science during the period of the May Fourth Movement. We should value the function of science and technology in powering the nation, attach importance to the value of science spirit in science development, stress the importance of science education in science development, construct an environment to promote science development, adhere to the correct political leadership of our party in science development all along, implement the concept of scientific development, make efforts to build a strong, prosperous, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modernization in China.
Keywords/Search Tags:The May Fourth Movement period, saving the nation through science, social ideology trend, modernization
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