The Influence And Historical Enlightenment Of Oriental Society On The Traditional Socialism Pattern

The so-called traditional socialism pattern, which is also called the Soviet Union pattern, was established in Soviet Union between 1930s and 1940s, and later was constantly replenished and strengthened. This pattern is a socialism pattern constructed by other socialist countries, following the example of Soviet Union. The essential feature of the pattern is its high degree of centralized power. The pattern resulted from various and this paper will mainly discuss it from the angle of the influence of the oriental society.The backward politics, economy, and culture of the oriental society are the important reasons in the formation of traditional socialism pattern.1. The backward economy of oriental society is the material base in forming traditional socialism pattern. The backward economy of Russia influenced traditional socialism pattern mainly in the following aspects. Firstly, the backward economic base easily left people influenced by natural economic thought. Secondly, owing to the backward economic and technical conditions, to catch up with the developed capitalist countries involves appealing to the society to the extreme extent and taking advantage of manpower, material resources and financial resources, thus, affecting the formation of its structure. Thirdly, the backward economy in Russia restrained its progress of modernization. Moreover, the backward economy of China also played an important role in the formation of the traditional socialism pattern.2. The political and historical tradition of oriental society is an important factor in forming the traditional socialism pattern. The political and historical tradition of Russia mainly influenced the traditional socialism-fpattern in the following aspects: Firstly, The belief of imperial power led to the occurence in traditional socialism pattern of high degree of centralized power, personality cult, always acting on administrative order, and always acting on the officials only. Secondly, totalitarian tyranny played a part in the formation of traditional socialism pattern. Thirdly, feudal patriarchal clan system contributed greatly to the prevalence of lack of democracy, personality cult, and sense of hierarchy in traditional socialism pattern. Besides, the feuded patriarchal clan system and autocratic monarchy also greatly influenced the original Chinese socialist structure.3. The culture of oriental society is the key ideological source in forming traditional socialism traditional socialism pattern in the following aspects: Firstly, Stalin himself was influenced by traditional culture unconsciously, secondly, all officials were deeply influenced by the traditional culture. Finally, the masses become the live carrier of old Russian traditions, owing to their low educational level. As for China, its feudal culture also affected, the cadres and the masses, thus playing an important role in the formation of traditional socialism structure in china.The influence of oriental society on the traditional socialism pattern will throw a new light on the construction of socialism in backward countries.1. To understand the Marx and Engels' theory of surpassing "卡夫丁 Gorge" is significant in the socialism construction in backward oriental countries. Firstly, to practice socialism in backward countries, attention should be paid to combine the fundamentals of Marxism with charalteris eics of the times and reality of the country, especially with the backward economy and culture of each country, secondly, in accordance with these countries' reality, historical environment, and the urgent need at the beginning of socialism, emphasis should be put on absorbing all the positive results of capitalism to facilitate the development of productivity.Thirdly, based on the characteristics of Russian commune, and by employing the influential economic and political should be made to break the isolation of commune, to strengthen the relationship between communes, to strengthen the relationship between communes, and to promote the trans...