The Socialist Market Economy And Modern Personality

Chinese society is undergoing a great transformation from the traditional society to the modern society. Realizing the people's own modernization is the most crucial , profound and arduous task during the transformation. The modernization of the personality is the key of the people's modernization. So far as the reality of Chinese society is concerned, we must realize the modern transformation of the personality. The paper aims at probing into the transformation of the national personality from the traditional to the modern from the angle of the movement of "from status to contract", which is advanced by Maine. The Status Relation Personality corresponds with the traditional society and the planned society. The Contract Relation Personality corresponds with the modern society. These ideas are the basic comments. In order to realize the modern transformation of the national personality, it is imperative for us to realize the modern transformation from the Status Relation Personality to the Contract Relation Personality.This thesis is divided into five parts. Part One puts forward the meaning of "personality". Part Two analyses the major features of the Status Relation Personality of the traditional society and the planned society. Part Three inspects the meanings of "market economy" and "modern personality". Part Four firstly points out the start and the significance of the movement of "from status to contract", then explains the major features of the Contract Relation Personality, which includes independence and equality, giving consideration to both morality and interest, being eager to make progress, having the courage to compete , being bold in making innovations. In the end, the paper poses the difficulty and the prospect of the transformation of the contemporary personality.