The Development Trajectory of Eastern Societies and the Theories and Practices of Socialism

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Volume 1
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	Preface
	Introduction
	1 Social forms and their classifications
	2 The purposiveness of human activities and the regularity of social development
	3 Historical determinism, subjective choice, and their relations
	4 Historical progress and its measure
	5 The integrity of Marxism
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	Index
Volume 2
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	Introduction
	1 Debating the \"Asiatic mode of production\": History and research methods
	2 Evolution of the concept of the \"Asiatic mode of production\"
	3 A comparison of Eastern and Western ancient societies
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Volume 3
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	Introduction
	1 The nature and prospect of Russian communes
	2 Comparison of the early and the late Marxian thought
	3 Difference and consistency between Engels’ and Marx’s thoughts
	4 The victories of the Russian October Revolution and of the Chinese Revolution do not confirm the “leaping over” theory
	5 The greatest strength of the general historical philosophy is that it is supra-historical
	6 The theoretical contributions of Marx’s “Notes on Ancient Social History”
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Volume 4
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	Introduction
	1 Nomenclature for the future society
	2 An overview of the role of capital
	3 Reflecting on the destiny of socialism
	4 Marx and Engels’ visions on the basic characteristics of the future society
	5 The controversy about “whether one country can accomplish socialism”
	6 Deng Xiaoping’s theory of the primary stage of socialism
	7 Deng Xiaoping’s contributions to the theory of the essence of socialism
	8 Deng Xiaoping’s contribution to the historical era theory
	Afterword
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