Word: maoisms
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...neighbors in a single week. All around its vast perimeter, in a great circle from Russia and Japan on the north to India and Indonesia on the south, China stirred up trouble and resentment. The sudden spurt of hostility seemed prompted by an overflow of missionary zeal for Maoism, a certain amount of frustration at the difficulties encountered at home by Mao's Cultural Revolution and a new wave of China's historic xenophobia...
...want to oppose the old man; they just wish he would go away and leave them alone to run their own provinces." Berkeley's Robert Scalapino thought that "the Maoists, relying on the bulk of the army, will survive this crisis, though it is extremely doubtful that Maoism will survive for the long-range future...
...SECOND TYPE--This classification is made up of those who unconditionally support the direction of the Cultural Revolution. This type of reaction, though a minority one, claims that Maoism is the only philosophy capable of standing against those of the western world...
...Cultural Revolution. Some argue that the Revolution may be the most gigantic experiment in remolding human nature that has ever been attempted--an experiment, which they claim, the Soviet Union could not and dared not embark upon. They point out that there is a considerable difference between Stalinism and Maoism because 1) the Chinese purges are bloodless, 2) the philosophy behind this Revolution is based on a theory of class struggle within a socialist society, and 3) Stalin did not have a plan for establishing "communes." A considerable portion of the Japanese intellectual community falls into this category...
...FOURTH TYPE--Includes many Sinologists who emphasize the the strength of the traditional characteristics of Chinese society in the whole process of the Revolution. They see the idea of the traditional Chinese emperor revived in Maoism and also note a strong trait of Confucianism in the Cultural Revolution. They counsel more cautious judgment on the current turmoils and advocate a greater attempt at understanding Chinese society...