“We need to recognize that Maoism as a concept stands over and above the name of Mao Zedong, just as Marxism and Leninism must stand over the name of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, respectively.”

Source: Continuity and Rupture:Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain (2016), Chapter Two, Science's Dogmatic Shadow

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