On Man's Mental State Of Living

The choice of this theme is mainly out of the following considerations. Firstly, Marxist philosophical theory bears important points of view on life. The purpose of Marx's early research on philosophy was to construct a new philosophy that could lead man to the correct understanding of and active participation in life. His practical materialism is an explanation of life based on practice. The world created through man's labor is what we know as man's world of living. The understanding of Marxist practical materialism in terms of practice can show us the logic of the historical development of the philosophical themes, from the concern of the natural world to the rational world and further to the world of life. It is also in conformity with the original meaning and the actual process of Marx's establishment of the new philosophy. In the academic circle, the study of Marxist philosophy focuses mainly on the objective content of labor for man's existence, ignoring the understanding and experiencing effect of labor on the meaning of man's existence. Therefore, the range and horizon of research into Marxist philosophy should be broadened, which can enable us to full uncover the colorful life views in Marxism and grant them with new implications of our times. Secondly, the theme of contemporary philosophical study has acquired a tendency of turning back to the world of life. Viewed from the problems cared by many contemporary western philosophers and thinkers, we can see that the contradictions of present man's existence are no longer the problems shown...