Sacralisation of Mao Zedong's image in China

Abstract

Данная работа исследует процесс сакрализации образа Мао Цзэдуна вплоть до начала «культурной революции» в 1966г, когда культ его личности достиг наивысшего рассвета. Первая часть анализирует его личность, факторы, которые оказали влияние на его мировоззрение, а затем и на политическую карьеру в КПК, и, наконец, в течение Нанкинского десятилетия. Вторая часть посвящена эволюции культа личности. Рассматриваются три периода: первые годы реформаторской деятельности, фактическая сакрализация его образа и пик становления культа личности. ВКР заканчивается выводом, какие именно факторы оказали наибольшее влияние на личности и политику Мао Цзэдуна.

The aim of this dissertation is to examine the process of sacralisation of the image of Mao Zedong. This is done by analysis of both personal and political life of the Chairman. The study covers the timespan from 1893, when he was born to 1966, when personality cult reaches its peak. The first part analyses the formation of his personality, the factors that had an impact on his views first in early life, then in his political career in the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and finally during Nanjing decade. The second part focuses on the evolution of personality cult. It examines the phenomenon in three periods: the early years of his reforms, the actual sacralisation of his image and the time of the peak of his personality cult. The dissertation ends with the conclusion, which factors had a most crucial impact on personality and political decisions of Mao Zedong.