Thomas Meyer Transformation Thought

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Collapse of Soviet Union and Eastern Socialist Countries has caused tremendous negative impact on the International Communist Movement and huge impact on the Western European Social Democratic Party. Therefore, the Social Democratic Party invented the debate of the concept of"Social Democracy"and"Democratic Socialism". Meanwhile, transformation of the Social Democracy has gradually been put on the agenda. Thomas Meyer has concerned transformation of the Social Democracy earlier, whose transformation thought analyzed the difficulties and challenges faced by the Social Democratic Party in the new historical period, and demonstrated in detail about how to maintain the unique"identity"and how to make adaptation in new situations for the Social Democratic Party.The first part clarifies the background of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought, which shows the deductive logic of his transformation thought. These analyses base on three challenges faced by the Social Democratic Party: the right wing, the left wing and the emerging power's challenges.The second part summarizes the contents of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought. For demonstrating the richness of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought, this part mainly expounds from three aspects: the basic viewpoint of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought, the analysis of transformation methods and his prospects for transformation. Thomas Meyer has made corresponding theoretical responses to the challenges of the right wing, the left wing and the emerging power. These responses are the highlights of his basic concepts and his profound thinking on the typical questions.The third part analyzes Thomas Meyer's transformation thought with the dialectical method from features and related review. The characteristics of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought can be briefly summarized as typicalness, principle and flexibility, which outlined the solid foundation, the important support and the lifeblood of Thomas Meyer's transformation thought. This part selects two topics to review: the Collapse of Soviet Union and Eastern Socialist Countries, the Media Society.The fourth part generalizes some inspiration from Thomas Meyer's transformation thought to how to build our Party. The inspiration involves three aspects: strengthen theoretical innovation, attach importance to the media and protect the rights of Party Members.