Mao's Anarchist Years (The Young Mao Zedong Part Two)

In this episode we continue our examination of Mao Zedong’s ideological development by discussing his anarchist period. Further reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 1: The Pre-Marxist Period, 1912-1920 is the indispensable source here. Some names from this episode:Li Dazhao, leading proponent of learning from the Russian RevolutionHu Shi, student of John Dewey and advocate for pragmatismChen Duxiu, editor of New Youth and leading New Culture intellectual Support the show