[author unknown]
Abstract
Rectification and anti-spiritual pollution were different issues. The purpose of rectification was to eradicate corruption from within the Party, while the so-called spiritual pollution, that is humanism and the theory of alienation, were ideological problems within the intellectual sphere. The Party initially wanted to put all its efforts into rectification; this was a great task. However, some people within the Party were not interested in rectification. They wanted to punish independent thinkers so they could control the cultural sphere.