Debates and Reflections on the Nature of the State: An Exploration Based on Marxist Theory of the State
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_30How to use a DOI?
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- Nature of the State; Marxism; Public Power; Class Rule
- Abstract
The traditional Marxist theory of the nature of the state holds that the state is a tool of class domination. With the development of capitalist and socialist countries, Western scholars have questioned the Marxist theory of the state’s nature, arguing that the nature of the state can be supra-class. In China, some scholars have also reflected on and reinterpreted the Marxist theory of the state’s nature, suggesting that the state’s essence is a public power that transcends society. This paper aims to engage in a discussion with the supra-class theory through literature analysis and historical research, combining the traditional Marxist theory of the state’s nature with the emerging theory of public power, in order to explore a new interpretation of the concept of the nature of the state in the new stage of human social historical development.
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TY - CONF AU - Jiayi Li PY - 2025 DA - 2025/03/18 TI - Debates and Reflections on the Nature of the State: An Exploration Based on Marxist Theory of the State BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 269 EP - 276 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_30 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-380-1_30 ID - Li2025 ER -