Study On Socialist Polemic In Progressive Periodicals During The May Fourth Period

During the May 4th movement,progressive publications that promoted new ideas and culture have sprung up like mushrooms.After the May 4th movement,there were more than 150 kinds of journals that spread new ideas.Many of them published a large number of articles related to socialism.The progressive journals represented by "New Youth","Communist Party","Consciousness" were more flexible in using such methods as opening up columns publishing advertisements and so on,which made outstanding contributions to the spread of early socialism.Progress journals were first published in an era of unprecedented activity.The October Revolution,the May 4th Movement and the decline of European civilization after the first world war prompted people to re-select the future development direction of Chinese society.At this time,various western socialist theories with a new thinking provided a completely different way for the development of Chinese society from the capitalist development mode case.Under the above-mentioned ideological background,the progressive periodicals have been on the road of spreading socialist ideas.Due to the different understanding of various schools of socialism,there are different voices on the theory of socialism in the ideological circle,so progressive journals also participate in the debate on socialism and become the main position of the debate on socialism.Marxists and Guild Socialists use progressive journals as a platform to open up debates on whether the conditions for socialism in China are mature,whether they can surpass the development stage,revolution or improvement,and whether socialism or capitalism will be used to development industry.This debate on socialism not only clarified the boundary between Guild Socialism and Marxism,promoted the spread of Marxism,but also accelerated the division and reorganization of the intellectual camp,and laid a theoretical and talent foundation for the establishment of the communist party of China.This debate on socialism not only clarified the boundary between Guild Socialism and Marxism,promoted the spread of Marxism,but also accelerated the differentiation and reorganization of the intellectual camp,and also laid the theoretical and talent foundation for the establishment of the Communist Party of China.In this process,progressive journals have also given full play to the political functions of modern newspapers and magazines to strive for public opinion,publicize various new ideas and thoughts,and provide historical reference and Enlightenment for the press andmedia in the new era to grasp the pulse of the times and adhere to the distinctive position of Marxism.