The contribution of Mao Zedong to the development of dialectical materialism is an issue that has sparked several discussions and debates, which are not limited to the field of philosophical studies but primarily extend to the field of political developments and processes within the revolutionary communist movement itself.

Although the dialectical method permeates the entirety of Mao's work, the selection and compilation of his most significant philosophical works in a new translation aims, firstly, to fill the editorial gap of Mao's work in Greece and, secondly, to contribute to the dialogue in order to creatively utilize it in the revolutionary process in our country.

Texts covering the period 1936-1966 have been gathered, from the Long March to the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, including, of course, the now-classic texts "On Practice" and "On Contradiction," as well as a new selection from the period of socialist construction in China.