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Study On The Process Of Development Of Marxism Capital Theory

Posted on:2006-12-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C X WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360152997910Subject:Political economy
Abstract/Summary:
The capital theory of Marxism is the quintessence of Marxism theorythesaurus. It not only influences the judgments on the capital theory, butaffects socialist's design and practice of the socialism mode. In theMarxism frame understood previously, people can not find the reason forcapital existing in the socialism society. However, in the socialism practicewith Chinese characteristics, capital has already become or is largelybecoming the subject of resource collocation, wealth movement, wealthdistribution and economic growth and development in the socialism marketeconomy. Marxism economics is continually evaluative. Under the new historicalcondition, we should deeply understand the capital theory of Marxismcombining new practice. Such questions as whether the capital theory ofMarxism suitable to the socialism society, how to catch on the socialismcapital have always been the focus in economic theories. It is also thequestion we try to solve here. Under the guidance of materialist dialectics, combining historicalanalysis and logical analysis, integrating demonstration analysis andnormative analysis, the paper reviews the formation process of the capitaltheory of Marxism. It properly argues the science meaning of the theory,estimates the capital theory of west. Then the paper explains theapplicability of the theory in the socialism system, the understanding ofcapital in the socialism society of our country. The paper is divided into five parts altogether: First part is the introduction. In this part, the status of capital theory inMarxism economics is briefly analyzed. It also explains the purpose andmeaning of the paper. Second part includes the first three chapters. The formation andcompletion of the capital theory are discussed here. Then Lenin furtherdeveloped the capital theory. Chapter one investigates the formation process of the capital theory ofMarxism. In 1940s, since Marx began to study the economics, he set up theproblem of the capital on the basis of historical materialism and labor valuetheory. This is exactly the fundamental difference of capital theory ofMarxism and other theories of capitalist class. On one hand, Marx inheritedthe scientific elements of the capital theory in the classical economics ofcapitalism class; on the other hand, he also criticized the politics andeconomy of the capitalist class, and economics of capitalist class. It was in1950s that Marx was engaged in his "Gold period " of research in all hislife. During this period, Marx completed the grand theoretical systems of "six plans " of his 《Critique of Political Economy》, and established thestatus of the capital theory of Marxism in this theoretical system.Meanwhile, the labor value theory has been increasingly ripened, thereforeformed the basis of the establishment and appliance of the capital theory in《Capital》. Chapter two explains the completion the capital theory of Marxism in《Capital》.In《Capital》, starting with analyzing the essence form of socialwealth-Goods, which takes dominate position in the production mode ofcapitalism, Marx set up the labor value theory , then expounded the capitaltheory on this basis. He critically revealed the limitation of the capitaltheory of political economy of capitalism, uncovered the social nature andhistorical nature of capital. This chapter explains the capital theory ofMarxism from 5 aspects, the nature, composition, forms, types andaccumulation of the capital. Chapter 3 explains Lenin's monopoly capital theory. As Lenin's entireeconomic theory, his capital theory was formed and developed in thestruggle with the capitalist class. Under the new historical condition, Leninnot only roundly adhered to the capital theory of Marxism, but contributedto its development. In particular, the establishment of monopoly capitaltheory indicates the Marxist capital theory is advanced to a new stage. Thischapter explains Lenin's theory, including the formation, essence, formatand expansion of the monopoly capital, etc. Chapter four explains the evolution and development of the westerncapital the...
Keywords/Search Tags:Marxism economics, Capital theory, Compared
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