Word: types
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FIRST TYPE -- This group includes those who denounce the Cultural Revolution as a sheer power struggle within the power structure. Many Japanese who went to China to investigate the situation during the turmoil belong to this type. They argue that a) the Cultural Revolution is merely a power struggle, b) the chief characteristic of Maoism is an agriculturally centered radicalism of the petty Bourgeoisie, c) the current Chinese concept of "commun" will mean a "commune-guarded-by-the-bayonette" because of the deification of Mao, and d) by labeling dissenters as enemies, Maoism soon will be equatable with Stalinism...
...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...
...THIRD TYPE--Members of this group fall somewhere in between the first two types and they might be called "critical sympathizers." Criticism of the deification of Mao is very scarce among members of this group, but they also urge a deeper understanding of the meaning of the 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...
...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...
...laced fashion, he married a cocktail waitress and tried to get her to adopt Muslim ways, but it didn't take; he charged in his divorce suit last year that her slacks were too tight. And in his peculiar, affecting way, Clay childishly dreams of lovely Edens: "The type of house I like would be all glass on the front and on one side, like those modern motels you see-Holiday Inns, and I want nothing but goooooooold carpets. When the average person walks in it'll be like being in heaven, dreamland. My children will be born...