Thought control (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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What theory was Mao's thought control rooted in?
What theory was Mao's thought control rooted in?
Marxist theory about class struggle
How Mao viewed capitalist ideas
How Mao viewed capitalist ideas
Poison needing removal & replacement w/ communist thinking
Self-criticism definition
Self-criticism definition
Public examination & admission of mistakes & wrong thoughts
Trait CCP labelled as capitalist
Trait CCP labelled as capitalist
Selfishness
Year of Zhou Enlai's intellectual campaign
Year of Zhou Enlai's intellectual campaign
1951
Teachers targeted in 1951 campaign
Teachers targeted in 1951 campaign
3000 university teachers
Struggle meetings method
Struggle meetings method
Public humiliation & peer pressure to force confessions
Laogai system meaning
Laogai system meaning
Reform Through Labour
Year Laogai officially established
Year Laogai officially established
1957
System Laogai was modelled on
System Laogai was modelled on
Soviet Union's Gulag system
Deaths in Laogai camps 1949-1976
Deaths in Laogai camps 1949-1976
Approximately 25 million people
3 main methods of thought control
3 main methods of thought control
Self-criticism, struggle meetings, re-education thru labour
Mao's belief about class background
Mao's belief about class background
Class background determined natural way of thinking
Purposes of Laogai camps beyond punishment
Purposes of Laogai camps beyond punishment
Remove undesirables, cheap labour, create fear