Ein vielversprechendes Buchprojekt des marxistischen Philosophen Roland Boer (Dalian University of Technology, School of Marxism, China): SOCIALISM IN POWER (Sozialismus an der Macht). Die Ausschnitte sind einer Inhaltsübersicht entnommen, die Boer auf seiner Website veröffentlicht hat und die im Zuge der Arbeit an dem Buch laufend aktualisiert wird:
“There are still too few works available in English that provide a fair assessment of the experiences of socialism in power. The main reason for such a scarcity is the imposition of a Western liberal framework, and thus the model of the Western capitalist nation-state, on socialist development. (…)
This Western liberal model has also influenced a few too many Western Marxist dismissals – for reasons too many to enumerate here – of any actual experience of socialism in power. (…)There is a qualitative difference between a Communist Party seeking power through revolutionary processes and the actual exercise of power. As Lenin observed, gaining power through a proletarian revolution is relatively easy; seeking to construct socialism after taking power is exponentially more complicated. (…)
Second, the tradition of socialist governance is a living tradition, a constant work in progress. It is neither a given, which one can know in advance, nor unchangeable.
Third, the agenda for this work in progress is set by the Marxist method. This last point should be obvious, but it needs to be emphasised: the agenda is not set by Western liberal criticisms, but by the Marxist method itself in relation to the developments of socialist governance. By Marxist method I mean Marxism as a guide for socialist construction.
In this light, there is an important distinction – common in China and elsewhere – between basic principles and specific judgements made in light of specific circumstances. Obviously, the latter are not permanent, but are determined by specific cultural traditions, histories, and problems that need to be solved.
What about the basic principles? These remain, but they are not immutable, unchangeable in time and place and simply applied. Instead, they undergo a process of innovation and development, being enriched in the process.”