1. The Chinese Cultural Revolution
... the generation battled with an array of Western ideas such as anarchism, pragmatism, and after 1917, Marxism. Mao was particularly influenced by the Social Darwinism of Spencer, which was the age old concept of 'the survival of the fittest,' and it took on a profoundly nationalist and anti-traditionalist meaning. Maurice Meisner, now deceased historian and professor at the University of ... rise up and fight, who will fight? We must act energetically to carry out the great union of the popular massesOur golden age of brightness and splendor lies ahead!" – Mao Zedong's China; Kath...
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