Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Mao's most original contribution was in emphasizing the revolutionary role of the:
AProletariat
BIntelligentsia
CCombination of the proletariat and the peasantry
DPeasantry ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Peasantry — Mao's most original contribution was to stress the revolutionary role of the peasantry, so the answer is the peasantry.
Explanation
★Mao's most original contribution was to stress the revolutionary role of the peasantry, so the answer is the peasantry.
★Classical Marxism looked to the urban industrial proletariat as the agent of revolution.
★Mao argued that in a largely agrarian country like China the peasants were the main revolutionary force.
★He believed the national bourgeoisie was too weak to challenge imperialism on its own.
★This focus on peasant revolution and the countryside set Maoism apart from Soviet Marxism.
★It shaped his strategy of building rural base areas and surrounding the cities from the countryside.
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