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Marxism and Human Sociobiology: The Perspective of Economic Reforms in China (review)

Marxism and Human Sociobiology: The Perspective of Economic Reforms in China (review) 296 China Review International: Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1997 a more sophisticated analytical framework, perhaps best explains the "curious logic" (p. 11) China has been operating on--albeit since long before the Tiananmen incident. Ming-Bao Yue University of Hawai'i at Mânoa Ming-Boo Yue is an assistant professor ofChinese literature specializing in twentiethcentury Chinese literature and culture. Zhang Boshu. Marxism and Human Sociobiology: The Perspective ofEconomic Reforms in China. State University of New York Press, 1994. xiv, 184 pp. Hardcover $14.95, isbn 0-7914-2003-5. The title of this book by Professor Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) contains all the catchwords that might sharpen my curiosity when I first encountered it. In the end, I was disappointed because my anticipation that this book will contribute to a better understanding of the process, content, and consequences of the post-1978 economic reform in the People's Republic of China was not met. The core focus of this book is "the nature of man"; it is a philosophical critique of the weakness of Marx's understanding of human nature in his work on the evolutionary transformation from capitalism to socialism. This weakness, according to Zhang, is rooted in Marx's omission of human http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

Marxism and Human Sociobiology: The Perspective of Economic Reforms in China (review)

Smart, Josephine.
China Review International , Volume 4 (1) – Mar 30, 1997
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296 China Review International: Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1997 a more sophisticated analytical framework, perhaps best explains the "curious logic" (p. 11) China has been operating on--albeit since long before the Tiananmen incident. Ming-Bao Yue University of Hawai'i at Mânoa Ming-Boo Yue is an assistant professor ofChinese literature specializing in twentiethcentury Chinese literature and culture. Zhang Boshu. Marxism and Human Sociobiology: The Perspective ofEconomic Reforms in China. State University of New York Press, 1994. xiv, 184 pp. Hardcover $14.95, isbn 0-7914-2003-5. The title of this book by Professor Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) contains all the catchwords that might sharpen my curiosity when I first encountered it. In the end, I was disappointed because my anticipation that this book will contribute to a better understanding of the process, content, and consequences of the post-1978 economic reform in the People's Republic of China was not met. The core focus of this book is "the nature of man"; it is a philosophical critique of the weakness of Marx's understanding of human nature in his work on the evolutionary transformation from capitalism to socialism. This weakness, according to Zhang, is rooted in Marx's omission of human

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