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@article{ART002898730},
author={Lee, Nam Ju},
title={A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?},
journal={Analyses & Alternatives},
issn={2508-822X},
year={2022},
volume={6},
number={3},
pages={81-119},
doi={10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003}

TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Nam Ju
TI - A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?
JO - Analyses & Alternatives
PY - 2022
VL - 6
IS - 3
PB - Korea Consensus Institute
SP - 81
EP - 119
SN - 2508-822X
AB - This thesis aims to re-examine the possibilities and limitations of Sun Wen(孫文)'s Minshengzhuyi(民生主義) and to suggest its implications for socialist practices. To this end, I analyzed the process of formation of the Minshengzhuyi and the contents of its core programs, i.e. equalization of land rights and controlling capital. Minshengzhuyi has long been defined as subjective socialism or utopian socialism in China. However, Minshengzhuyi is the most pioneering and representative example of the Sinicization of socialism. In addition, the approach of using capitalist methods for socialist construction can be said to have captured the core contents of socialist reform in current China. Therefore, some scholars also began to positively evaluate the socialist nature of the Minshengzhuyi. However, there is a limit to advancing theoretical thinking in evaluating Minshengzhuyi only by focusing on the similarity with the current Chinese official theory. This paper argued that the notion of the double project of simultaneously adapting to and overcoming the modernity can help to more clearly grasp the present significance of Minshengzhuyi. From the perspective of double project, the contents of Minshengzhuyi, which were defined as utopian or subjective in the past, have meaning as a more realistic method of socialist construction. At the same time, it is possible to shed new light on the limitations of Minshengzhuyi. Sun Wen could not provide an answer to the question of how to form a political and social driving force that can realize Minshengzhuyi. Though Sun Wen opposed the class struggle, he did not offer a viable alternative. This is a problem that China has yet to solve. The future of China's socialist practice will also depend on how it solves this problem.
KW - Minshengzhuyyi(民生主義);Controlling Capital(節制資本);Equalization of Land Rights(平均地權);Double Project of Modernity;Utopia
DO - 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003
ER -

Lee, Nam Ju. (2022). A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 81-119.

Lee, Nam Ju. 2022, "A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?", Analyses & Alternatives, vol.6, no.3 pp.81-119. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju "A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?" Analyses & Alternatives 6.3 pp.81-119 (2022) : 81.

Lee, Nam Ju. A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?. 2022; 6(3), 81-119. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju. "A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 81-119.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju. A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?. Analyses & Alternatives, 6(3), 81-119. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju. A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?. Analyses & Alternatives. 2022; 6(3) 81-119. doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju. A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?. 2022; 6(3), 81-119. Available from: doi:10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003

Lee, Nam Ju. "A Study on Sun Wen's Minshengzhuyi: Is It Utopian Socialism or Chinese-style Socialism?" Analyses & Alternatives 6, no.3 (2022) : 81-119.doi: 10.22931/aanda.2022.6.3.003