What are the main differences between Maoism and Soviet Marxism?

[heiss93]

What are the main differences between Maoism and Soviet Marxism? I suppose Soviet Marxism needs to be divided into two phases Stalinian and Revisionist. I've read textbooks from Maoist China, Stalinian Russia, and Revisionist USSR, and haven't found vast differences.

Maoist dialectics is basically the same as Soviet dialectics between 1931-1937, before the publishing of Stalin's DiaMat and HistoMat, which downplayed the unity of opposites. The revisionists restored the First Law, but never gave it the same emphasis as the New Philosophy or the Chinese did.

While Mao did break with the Soviet emphasis on heavy industry, the Soviets did not really downplay the importance of light industry and agriculture in the developing people's democracies.

I would say the main difference comes down to the nature of peaceful coexistence and peaceful transition to power.

[bailey_187]

In the revisionist soviet union after the 1965 economic reform (the 'Kosygin Reform') enterprise profit became more important in investment decisions rather than decisions made by planners putting politics in command.
Profitability of enterprises (as far as i am aware) was not so important in the plan during the Maoist years, but more about putting politics into command.*

*the 1965 economic reforms were explained and criticized to me by a Maoist, so i am concluding from this that similar reforms, emphasizing profitability of enterprises were not implemented in Maoist China.