Between Marxism and Revisionism. The Sino-Soviet Relations : 1956-1959
Between Marxism and Revisionism. The Sino-Soviet Relations : 1956-1959

Summary/Abstract: In Western historiography, the research upon the real and expository rationale of the Soviet-Chinese conflict does not reveal a new approach. However, it is for the first time that our historiography places under the same paradigm of analysis both the deterioration of the Soviet-Chinese relations and the factors yielding this rupture. Hence, the contributions of our research are significant, as most of the analyzed aspects have not been considered by the Romanian historiography. The scope of this approach is to reveal, on a selective basis, the main contributions of our historiographic endeavor in relation with the Romanian historiography environment. The drive of analysis is the mere nature of the Soviet-Chinese conflict. To start with, we must emphasize the mistaken understanding by expert writings of the Soviet-Chinese dispute, termed scission. Ab origine, the term scission comes from Latin scissio, described as being a rupture caused by ideological differences within a group which had been firmly united. Hence, let alone the increasingly ideological connotation (Marxism vs. Revisionism) of the conflict, it would be mistaken to consider the Soviet-Chinese dispute unilaterally, caused by ideological differences, when the actual reasons were concrete events.

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