Research On The New-Confucianism View Of Marxism

As one of the most important schools of thoughts on modern history of China, the New-Confucianism is directly opposite to Marxism. The thesis's aim is to have a all-round research about the view of New-Confucianism's Marxism, and establish a correct attitude to the New-Confucianism.First of all, the thesis explains the root cause that the New-Confucianism formed the idea to Marxism. The view of New-Confucianism, the modernized road of the third stage of the Confucianism is opposite to the road of the Sinicization of Marxism. Because of this, the New-Confucianism is against the Marxism. However, the New-Confucianism has partly learned from Marxism because it is similar to Marxism in solving relationship between the tradition and modernization.Secondly, the thesis gives a general overview that the New-Confucianism distorts the basic characteristics of Marxism and denies its historical status. It involves these aspects.1) The New-Confucianists criticize the practical nature of Marxism severely by these three ways:To contradict practice concept of dialectical materialism with ethic practice concept; To separate critical nature from practical nature of Marxism; To negative scientific nature with practical nature of Marxism.2) The New-Confucianists distort the nature of Marxist ideology. Because they confound the proletariat's class nature with the exploiting class', they set Marxist ideological nature against Marxist scientific nature.3) The New-Confucianists deny Marxist scientific nature from different ways. they distort that Marxism is a kind of religion without scientific basis; they stress differences between natural phenomena and social phenomena. Because of this, they deny social science's scientific nature and declare Marxism is nonscientific as one of social sciences,4) The New-Confucianists deny Marxism's historical role and effect. They classify Marxism as science doctrine trend, deny Marxist humanity value. Furthermore they think absolutely that Marxism and the sinicization of Marxism have brought about a destructive effect, and pronounce that Marxism is out of time because of the change of the natural and social science.Third, the thesis discusses that the New-Confucian discriminate against the sinicization of Marxism. The New-Confucianists deny the possibility and necessity of sinicization of Marxism, some new Confucianists take it as an excuse that Chinese productivity is low,others insist on that China is a kind of society that take ethic as the foremost, take occupation as different jobs. In particular, the new Confucianists believe national conditions are determined by culture, and Marxism is a kind of western culture and totally different from Chinese culture, so Marxism is incompatible with Chinese culture. Furthermore Mao Tse-tung Thought is regarded as combination of Marxism and dross of China's traditional culture.Fourthly, the thesis discusses the development of the New-Confucianism view Of Marxism. The development of the New-Confucianism have experienced four stages:the first generation, the second generation, the third generation and the fourth generation.Correspondingly their view of Marxism has also experienced four stages.The first generation of the New-Confucianism have changed attitude to Marxism.They denied Marxism first, then criticized, and then accepted in part or totally. Before the founding of People's Republic of China, they reconstructed Confucian Orthodoxy so as to be against Marxism and opposed Marxist materialism, dialectics and view of history. However, the first generation of the New-Confucianism accepted Marxism in a few fields after the founding of PRC.But the second-generation who Moved to Hong Kong and Taiwan before liberation insisted on rejecting Marxism and sinicization of Marxism. On one hand, they tried to seek a bridge between Doctrine of Self-cultivation and modernization;on the other hand, they published some books to criticize Marxism, such as ,< MORAL IDEALISM> etc.After 1980's, With the further development of reform and opening-up in China, The third generation of the New-Confucianism put forward a proposal that they have an equal dialogue with Marxism. Of course, the purpose of dialogue is to substitute Marxism for Confucianism. However the unexpected result is self-deconstruction of the New-Confucianism.The Continent New-Confucianism is the fourth phase of development of the New-Confucianism which is different from other generations. The Continent New-Confucianists attempt vainly to bring about the revival of confucian religion so that it can replace Marxism. This is the main reason why the Continent New-Confucianists decry the currently political, economic and cultural policy of China.Finally, the thesis makes comment on the New-Confucianism in total. On one hand, it is objectively beneficial to the sinicization of Marxism because the New-Confucianists resist Total Westernization, discuss relationship between traditional culture and modernization, highlight the importance of China's practical conditions, and so on.On the other hand, we should be convinced of its errors. "Confucian renaissance" can not replace Marxism in China, because it is based on idealist conception of history and lack of practice. Meanwhile the New-Confucianism view of Marxism is not correct. In fact Marxism is the unity of practicality and scientificalness, the unity of scientificalness and ideology, the unity of scientism and humanism. If we dissever its unity by any way, it is a kind of distortion to Marxism...