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The Research On The Comparison About The Critical Societies Theory Of Marx And Marcuse's

Posted on:2011-10-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H J WeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332957486Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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With the development of prolificacy, developed capitalist societies have accessed to economic recovery, economic adjustment and economic development period. Especially, economic globalization has made the global economy and trade develop rapidly. But rich material life has not been matched by people's free and comprehensive development. Advanced industrial societies have controlled the societies through science and technology, so that the people have been suppressed and become a "One-Dimensional Man" without the negative, critical and transcendence.How to understand the new changes, phase characteristics and development trends that happened in contemporary capitalism, how to inherit and advance Marxism in the new historical conditions, and how to maintain and develop the critical spirit of Marxism has become the focus of attention and has been a hot debate, that is the main problem that would been studied and answered by this article. Through comparing Marx and Marcuse's critical theory of social, this article has revealed the problems and drawbacks of the developed capitalist society, have summarized experiences and lessons of the capitalist society in the development, and have provided reference for the healthy development of socialist modernization. At the same time, this article has enlightened the people maintain the critical spirit regardless of social development, we should analyze the society by two dimensions, not only a positive dimension, but also the negative, critical and transcendent dimension. We should always uphold this kind of Worldview and Methodology.The main contents of this article:the first,this paper has defined the critical theory of societies. The second, this article clarified difference between Marx and Marcuse's Critical theory of society from the way of the social background, the origin of theory, the focus and the nature of the specific characteristics so that we can understand more clearly by comparison. The third, this article has demonstrated the connection between Marx and Marcuse's critical theory of societies around human nature, human alienation and people's liberation so that we can find the core of Marx and Marcuse's critical theory of societies, have always reflected the society in a negative, critical and transcendental attitude, they all have cared about People's living condition of the People, and try their best to make the comprehensive development of man's freedom come true. At last, this article has emphasized the significance of the comparative study from two views of theoretical point and practical point, From a view of theoretical point, it is good for we understand clearly the relations between Marx and Marcuse's critical theory of societies, have Stressed to re-establish the person's critical,uphold the social criticism function of philosophy, and provided a theoretical reference for the cultural criticism of modernization of China. from a view of practical point, have demonstrated that the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics have to uphold the concept of People-centered scientific development as a guide, coordinated the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, uphold the correct concept of the scientific and technological development, and try our best to make the comprehensive development of man's freedom come true.
Keywords/Search Tags:The theory of Critical Theory, Marx, Marcuse
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