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Marx’s Thought Of Free Time

Posted on:2022-04-24Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:D KuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1526306815496694Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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The issue of free time is an important issue concerning people’s living style and social value.It not only occupies an important position in Marx’s thought,but also has been a difficult point in the study of Marxism for a long time.Marx found that since the outbreak of the industrial revolution in the 18 th century,the unprecedented development of social productivity has shortened the necessary labor time,but the free time of human beings has not increased.On the contrary,the working time of modern people is longer than that of ancient people.The lack of free time has become a severe survival test faced by modern people.Centering on the paradox of free time in industrial society,Marx used historical materialism,surplus value theory and scientific socialism theory to deeply criticize capitalism’s domination of free time,and scientifically analyzed the historical form,internal mechanism and solution route of labor people’s lack of free time,thus profoundly demonstrating the time dimension of human liberation.From the perspective of text research,Das Kapital and its manuscripts are the core works of Marx’s systematic discussion on free time.Marx’s free time thought is highly theoretical and scientific in these texts.To explore the free time thought in Das Kapital and its manuscripts is beneficial to fully grasp the rich connotation of Marx’s free time thought,to deeply understand the theoretical value of Marx’s free time thought,to actively respond to contemporary topics with strategic height and realistic urgency,and to promote the modernization of Marxism.This paper focuses on three aspects.First,it combs the historical logic,theoretical logic and practical logic of Marx’s free time thought.In view of the lack of theoretical analysis on Marx’s free time thought for a long time,the paper clarifies it from the following three aspects.First of all,it explores the logic of the history of thought and the logic of formation history of Marx’s thought of free time,that is,the evolution logic of the dualism of labor leisure in ancient Greece to the fusion of labor and leisure of utopian socialism,and the development logic of Marx’s view of free time from the eternal life view of "degeneration salvation" of Christianity to the "suffering liberation" of historical materialism.Secondly,it clarifies the dual theoretical logic of Marx’s free time thought--production logic and capital logic,and the theoretical orientation of Dual Logic--scientific socialism.Finally,it reveals the double practical direction of Marx’s free time thought class struggle and human liberation.Second,it clarifies the four topics of Marx’s free time thought.In view of the controversy on the connotation of Marx’s free time and the lack of a comprehensive grasp of Marx’s free time,the paper discusses it from the following four aspects.First of all,clarify the scientific connotation of Marx’s free time.Marx’s free time,as a changing historical category,has dual meanings of political economy and philosophy in different historical contexts.Specifically,in the context of class society,free time mainly refers to the non labor time based on the compulsory division of labor of "brain and physical strength";in the future social context,free time refers to the high quality of "labor leisure" Life time.Secondly,it expounds the internal relationship between class and human free time inequality,that is,while the ruling class occupies surplus labor,it also freezes free time for human development,which leads to the double inequality of human material conditions and free time.Thirdly,it expounds the mechanism of capital depriving workers of their free time,that is,the production of absolute surplus value is the direct way to deprive workers of their free time,while the production of relative surplus value is the hidden way of depriving workers of free time.Finally,based on the theoretical orientation of the dual logic of Marx’s free time thought,it is clarified that the fundamental way to realize the liberation of free time is the Communist revolution of eliminating private ownership and class.Third,examine the status,influence and Enlightenment of Marx’s free time thought.It is a difficult point to evaluate the position of Marx’s thought of free time.On the basis of a deep understanding of the text,this paper holds that Marx’s free time thought has a fundamental,overall and strategic theoretical position in his ideological system;Marx’s free time thought has a far-reaching impact on contemporary western academic circles,and its new implication of human liberation enlightens and reconstructs western scholars’ imagination of future civilization.
Keywords/Search Tags:marx, Das Kapital and its manuscripts, the inequality of free time, the lack of free time, communism
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