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Ho Chi Minh's Philosophy of Action HO CHI MINH NATIONAL ACADEMY OF POLITICS YEN NGOC TRUNG HO CHI MINH’S PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS FIELD OF STUDY: HO CHI MINH STUDIES Code: 62 31 02 04 HA NOI - 2017 The thesis was completed at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Supervisors: 1. Assoc. Prof., Dr. Bui Dinh Phong 2. Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Van Tich Reviewer 1: ………………………………….……... ………………………………………… Reviewer 2: ………………………………………... ……………………………………….. Reviewer 3: ………………………………………... ……………………………………….. The thesis shall be defended in front of the Thesis Committee at Academy Level at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics At……hour……date……month……. year 2017 The thesis can be found at: The National Library and Library of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The necessity of the thesis In facing the need to choose the revolutionary path to liberate and develop the nation, Ho Chi Minh formed his philosophy of action from an early age, becoming a consistent theme throughout the rest of his life. Going out to the world, approaching the Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh found a way to save the country and liberate the nation by ensuring national independence associated with socialism. Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action indicates that national independence and national independence right is sacred, inviolable and that freedom andhappiness for the people is the ultimate goal of all actions. The objective of Ho Chi Minh's action is the constant values and goals expressed by the rich and powerful actions of Ho Chi Minh in the process of leading and realizing revolutionary goals. The philosophy of Ho Chi Minh's actions objective is still valuable, contributing to the orientation of action for the Party and the people in the cause of national renewal and development. Through the lens of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh not only selected the philosophical values of the nation, of the East, of the West but also recognized and developed motives for revolutionary action. The philosophy of the power of the masses, the role of the masses are grasped in action. The people are the bottom line, the core value of all action, the philosophy of action of Ho Chi Minh. Patriotism of the people in the national tradition identified by Ho Chi Minh as "your precious things", and by concrete, practical actions, he arouse and promoted those precious things to serve the revolutionary cause. Patriotism is promoted by "emulation is patriotism, patriotism must emulate", and the spirit of "solidarity, unity, national unity" of the nation and the world, creating strong driving force determining the revolutionary victory. In the revolutionary cause, the democratic way of doing things has become a "universal key" to solve all difficulties. The philosophy of action dynamics embodied in Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action is based on scientific theories, with affirmative and practical results, which have been the orientations for the Party's actions in formulating policies and building directions in order to bring into full play the dynamics of the cause of revolution in the new conditions of the country. Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action is reflected in the rich and profound revolutionary cause. The philosophy of "Invaluable change for change" is Ho Chi Minh's method of action and of leading actions. Thoroughly grasping this philosophy in action assures the independence of the people, the freedom and happiness of the people, and shows the flexibility and creativity in concrete methods of action to accomplish the goal set out by the revolution. Facing the degradation of ideology, morality, saying not to go along with doing, saying one thing but doing another, etc. among the current cadres, party members, philosophy of action method "exemplifying in action”, "Party members 2 leading then the village following", Party members are "model boat" in Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action further affirming the strong values of implementing the philosophy. Ho Chi Minh's action philosophy concerning speaking with actual action, exemplifying in action, is a value that needs to be developed and expanded, becoming important criteria in assessing moral qualities, ideology of cadres and party members nowadays. With the results achieved in the reality of revolutionary action, Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action has contributed to the development of the philosophy of action contained in Marxism-Leninism, developing the philosophy of action of the nation to a new level. Contents of the philosophy of action orientated the Party’s activities and in building quality, standards of action, fighting, working and learning for cadres and party members. At the same time, the successes of the Vietnamese revolution and Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action have strongly supported the revolutionary movement of colonial national liberation in the world. Implementing his philosophy of action, Ho Chi Minh showed that the example of the pure, loyal international communist soldiers, affirmed the philosophical act of humanity of the nation of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action, with its deep and scientific content, its values enrich Ho Chi Minh's legacy, the tremendous spiritual wealth of the Party and people, Theoretical and practical values of the philosophy have significance for the development of the nation and the era. For that reason, I chose Ho Chi Minh's Philosophy of Action as my doctoral thesis with the desire to understand and contribute to the clarification of Ho Chi Minh's treasure. 2. Research purpose and research tasks 2.1. Research purpose The dissertation will clarify the concept, basis of formation, nature and basic contents; Ethnic and era values of Ho Chi Minh's Philosophy of Action. 2.2. Research task - Overview of the research situation related to the thesis topic, showing the results, identifying the thesis issues that should be further studied and clarified. - Definition of concepts; The basis of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. - Analyzing the content, defining the nature of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. - Assessing the national and the era values of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. 3. Subject and scope of the study 3.1. Research subjects Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action includes the foundational aspects, the content, the nature, the values of the nation, and the values of era of the philosophy. 3.2. Research scope From the perspective of Ho Chi Minh, concerning the materials, the thesis analyzes actions, tasks, articles, speeches, practical guidance; regarding the content, it 3 is the views, the practical action; as for the timing, it is mainly after the August Revolution from 1945 to 1969, to clarify the content and value of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. 4. Theoretical basis and research methodology 4.1. Theoretical basis The theoretical basis of the thesis is the views of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, the Communist Party of Vietnam on the path, goals, motives and methods of revolutionary action. 4.2. Research Methodology The thesis uses dialectical materialist methodology, historical materialism and specific methods: Logical and historical methods in analyzing and evaluating events and actions of Ho Chi Minh; abstracting and generalizing methods to clarify Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action in different fields, and at the same time using a number of other specific methods such as analysis, comparison, synthesis, etc. to fulfil the purpose of the dissertation. 5. Scientific and practical contribution of the thesis 5.1. Scientific contribution - The thesis contributes to clarify the concept, defining the nature of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. - The topic clarifies the foundation basis and contents of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action. - Determining ethnic values and values of the era of Ho Chi Minh's philosophy of action; contributing to affirm the comprehensiveness of the Ho Chi Minh heritage. 5.2. Practical contribution In theory: The dissertation contributes to increase the knowledge of political science in general, of Ho Chi Minh in particular and becoming the basis for the Communist Party of Vietnam to apply in the process of social development, especially the problem of unifying in the actions, words and deeds of the contingent of cadres and party members in the context of the renovation and integration of the country. In practice: The dissertation can be used as a reference for study and research in the fields of political science such as: Ho Chi Minh studies, politics, Party construction as well as applied in building and rectifying the current Party. 6. Structure of the thesis In addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, List of References, the thesis is structured in 4 chapters, 12 sectiond: 4 Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH SITUATION 1.1. Study of philosophy The study of philosophy is not much, some studies have mentioned the philosophy only to unify the concept of philosophy, as a basis for the study of the content of a particular philosophy. A review of the philosophical research reveals that the perception of conceptual and perceptual characteristics in relation to the philosophy of the researchers is relatively uniform. There is different perceptions of philosophy in works, but they are fundamentally not contradictory but complementary. Studies have always put philosophy in relation to philosophy, comparison, distinction of concepts, understanding of the relationship between philosophy and philosophy is increasingly clear. 1.2. Study of Ho Chi Minh’s philosophy Researching on the philosophy of Ho Chi Minh recently was also widely concerned by many researchers. However, there are not many specialized researches on Ho Chi Minh philosophy. Ho Chi Minh's philosophy is mentioned scattered in the study of method and ideology in the philosophy of Ho Chi Minh. The research works are mainly journal articles or scientific thematic articles.
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