CONTEMPORARY CHINESE MARXISM: FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH ORIENTATION

Abstract

This review examines Chengbing Wang’s Contemporary Chinese Marxism: Foundational Research Orientation, which brings together nine essays originally published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (2022). The collection explores the domains of Marxist theory, Chinese cultural traditions, and contemporary socio-political challenges. Covering themes from aesthetics and axiological research to dialectical logic, British neo-Marxism, and the integration of Chinese and Western traditions, the anthology reveals how Marxist thought is continually reinterpreted in the Chinese context. While the book’s breadth sometimes stretches thematic coherence, it offers rich insights into the sinicization of Marxism, its intellectual evolution, and its role in shaping Chinese identity and modernization