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Cultural Revolution

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1. Cultural Revolution - Noun

2. Cultural Revolution - Proper noun

Meaning

a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos

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The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution. Bell hooks

Finally, cultural revolution develops the practice of permanent dialogue between leaders and people and consolidates the participation of the people in power. Paulo Freire

The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution. Noah Levine

The basic contradiction the great proletarian Cultural Revolution is trying to resolve is the one between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, between the proletarian and bourgeois roads. The main point of the movement is to struggle against the capitalist roaders in authority in the party. Mao Zedong

Who are our enemies and who are our friends? This is the first and foremost question of a revolution and it is also the first and foremost question of the great Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong

The best approach to this cultural revolution is therefore through family and household, i.e. through the structure of relations between the secondhand generations. In most societies this had been impressively resistant to sudden change, though this does not mean that such structures were static. Eric Hobsbawm

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