Contradição, metafísica e dialética

o maoísmo como produto do intercâmbio filosófico entre Oriente e Ocidente

Abstract

This article deals with the uniqueness of Chinese Marxism, in the light of its hegemonic aspect, Maoism, which is the product of a process of transposition of dialectical and historical materialism to a cultural locus totally different from that of its origin. This transposition, more than a cultural shift or a mere translation, implies a process of reinvention that cannot be understood without investigating the issues related to the construction of the Marxist lexicon in the Chinese context, both from a conceptual and linguistic point of view. This does not only imply research into the influences of Mao Zedong, in the context of the formation of Marxism in China, but also the recognition that this exchange operated in two directions, even before Karl Marx, thanks to the weight – often ignored – of the influence of Chinese philosophy on modern Western philosophy. Thus, having Mao's “On Contradiction” as a paradigm, we are facing a phenomenon of two-way exchanges between Chinese and Europeans from the beginning of the 19th century to the 20th century.