MAO ZEDONG IN PRESENT-DAY CHINA – FORMS OF DEIFICATION

The purpose of this paper is to present how in China, a country combating religious beliefs, Mao Zedong has become a cult object and how the fondness towards the “Great Helmsman”, often adjacent to deification, is manifested in the present-day country. During his life, Mao Zedong was the central cha...

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Main Author: Wardęga, Joanna (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2012
In: Politikologija religije
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-197
Further subjects:B Communist Party of China
B Nationalism
B Mao Zedong
B China
B Little Red Book
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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