History of Modern China, Jonathan
Fenby
Class Cultural Revolution
Type Reading
Reviewed
Chapter Demons & Monsters p.g. 440
Introduction:
“Greatest revolutionary transformation of society, unprecedented in the
history of man kind” - Mao’s view on the Cultural Revolution
”Most severe setback & the heaviest losses suffered by the party, the state
& the people since the founding of the Peoples Republic” - Description by
a Central Committee resolution (15 years later)
Cult of Personality:
2 billion badges w/h Maos face made
Little Red Book = bible
— Replaced CONFUCIUS SAYINGS
— Provided belief system
Portraits of Mao hung
History of Modern China, Jonathan Fenby 1
Fenby
Class Cultural Revolution
Type Reading
Reviewed
Chapter Demons & Monsters p.g. 440
Introduction:
“Greatest revolutionary transformation of society, unprecedented in the
history of man kind” - Mao’s view on the Cultural Revolution
”Most severe setback & the heaviest losses suffered by the party, the state
& the people since the founding of the Peoples Republic” - Description by
a Central Committee resolution (15 years later)
Cult of Personality:
2 billion badges w/h Maos face made
Little Red Book = bible
— Replaced CONFUCIUS SAYINGS
— Provided belief system
Portraits of Mao hung
History of Modern China, Jonathan Fenby 1
