Abstract
Mao Tse-Tung's famous 1937 essay "On Contradiction" is regarded as a significant attempt to redefine and reapply Marx's notion of a "dialectical contradiction" to the Chinese revolutionary conjuncture of Mao's time. I set out the principles outlined in Mao's essay, before arguing that the revolutionary conjuncture of his time no longer exists in the era of globalization and neoliberalism. I conclude that a new conception of "antagonism" is needed, and revise Mao's position with the aid of the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari.
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Surin, Kenneth.
"Mao's "On Contradiction," Mao-Hegel/Mao-Deleuze."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
20.3
(2018):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.3248>
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