History GCSE
Ideological control
What Ideological control means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ideological control
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Eradicating diverse beliefs so as to create a unified, atheistic society entirely devoted to revolutionary ideology and the state.
Topics that use Ideological control
- Option 32: Key topic 4: Life in Mao’s China, 1949–76 - 4 Cultural change (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Censorship
- Cultural revolution
- Religious persecution
- Bourgeois values
- Confucianism
- Eight Model Plays
- Four Olds
- Jiang Qing
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