Any modern approach to a Marxist theory of culture must begin by considering the proposition of a determining base and a determined superstructure. From a strictly theoretical point of view this is not, in fact, where we might choose to begin.1 It would be in many ways preferable if we could begin from a proposition which originally was equally central, equally authentic: namely the proposition...

The article reveals ideological-theoretical, methodological, and politico-ideological basic principles for an adequate analysis of the specifics modern Chinese (Sinicized) Marxism. attributive features Marxism (Marxism with (the adaptation to Context, Sinicized Marxism), as most effective version in world history correcting modernizing axiomatics Marxist-Leninist theoretical model social develo...