Thomas Stock is a specialist in North Korean and Cold War intellectual history. He earned his PhD from UCLA in 2018 and went on to serve as a Pony Chung Postdoctoral Fellow at Korea University and a Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Heidelberg University in Germany. Most recently, he contributed to a five-year research initiative under the Laboratory Program for Korean Studies.

• Introduction 1: Soviet Origins 2: De-Stalinization 3: The Problem of Soviet Ideological Leadership 4: Quarrel Among Communists 5: The Monolithic Ideological System and the Rise of Chuch'e Sasang 6: The Global Transition Period Debate 7: The Making of Chuch'e Philosophy 8: The Revival (and Decline) of Marxism-Leninism 9: The 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang Conclusion

This is a very detailed book focused on Marxist-Leninist ideological issues and developments in North Korea, while also touching on other contexts. ... Recommended.

Thomas Stock is a specialist in North Korean and Cold War intellectual history. He earned his PhD from UCLA in 2018 and went on to serve as a Pony Chung Postdoctoral Fellow at Korea University and a Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Heidelberg University in Germany. Most recently, he contributed to a five-year research initiative under the Laboratory Program for Korean Studies.

• Introduction 1: Soviet Origins 2: De-Stalinization 3: The Problem of Soviet Ideological Leadership 4: Quarrel Among Communists 5: The Monolithic Ideological System and the Rise of Chuch'e Sasang 6: The Global Transition Period Debate 7: The Making of Chuch'e Philosophy 8: The Revival (and Decline) of Marxism-Leninism 9: The 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang Conclusion

This is a very detailed book focused on Marxist-Leninist ideological issues and developments in North Korea, while also touching on other contexts. ... Recommended.

Thomas Stock is a specialist in North Korean and Cold War intellectual history. He earned his PhD from UCLA in 2018 and went on to serve as a Pony Chung Postdoctoral Fellow at Korea University and a Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Heidelberg University in Germany. Most recently, he contributed to a five-year research initiative under the Laboratory Program for Korean Studies.

• Introduction 1: Soviet Origins 2: De-Stalinization 3: The Problem of Soviet Ideological Leadership 4: Quarrel Among Communists 5: The Monolithic Ideological System and the Rise of Chuch'e Sasang 6: The Global Transition Period Debate 7: The Making of Chuch'e Philosophy 8: The Revival (and Decline) of Marxism-Leninism 9: The 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang Conclusion

This is a very detailed book focused on Marxist-Leninist ideological issues and developments in North Korea, while also touching on other contexts. ... Recommended.