Author Description

Revolution and historyb Marxism revolutionizes Chinas historical view bHistory and Anthropology at Duke University in 35 years, author of The Awakening to Global Capitalism, The History of Postmodernity Arif Diligs Revolution and History was published in Korea. This book, which deals with the revolutionary period of Chinese history, shows how Chinese historians, after the introduction of Marxism to China, have clung to an unprecedented task of finding a driving force for development in society itself beyond the Confucian view of history. After about twenty years of heated debate, history in China has turned into a field of change in which the inherent forces of socio-economic structure interact in the realm of winding up and destiny. In the Peoples Republic of China, the materialist concept of history was officially favored, monopolized the history of science, and spread to numerous peoples. The author says, "Historical materialism is the counterpart in the intellectual realm of revolutionary change that Communism has brought about in Chinese society in the 20th century." The Revolution and History will allow readers to identify the contributions and limitations of the major historians that underlie Chinese history and trace the hot debates of the historians who dreamed of revolution.