Comparative Study For Marx’s Labor Viewpoint And Hannah Arendt’s Labor Viewpoint

The conception of labor of Marx includes many rich meanings. On the one hand, it includes the general sense of human labor. On the other hand, it includes the labor of concrete society. Marx’s labor shows the characteristics in three aspects. Firstly, the activities what have disciplines and goals. Secondly, the activities what have sociality and naturality. Thirdly, the activities what have hereditability and creativity. Marx starts from the labor to analyze the mode of production of capitalism, which reveals the mysteries of capitalism. In this process, the conception of labor of Mars is riched gradually. It can be said that the conception of labor is the key to the studies of human society.The conception of labor of Hannah Arendt is relatively single. She thinks that labor just offers the basic productions for human survival. And it is the most basic activities in human activities. She believes that labor should belong to the private field. But its status is rising in modern society. Labor enters the public field, which leads us to come into a consumer’s society. In this society, everything becomes consumption targets. And people become the animals of consumption who don’t have abilities of thinking and acting.Their conceptions of labor have different starting points. So their conceptions of labor are also different. The conception of labor of Marx includes many rich meanings. Not only should include general conception, but also should include the conception which is in concrete history conditions. He thinks that labor creates the human beings. And the labor is an activity that has the most productivity. But Arendt only argues it is a basic activity in human’s life. Arendt thinks that Marx excessively exaggerates the function of the labor. He introduces the conception of labor into political realms, which will lead violence to become the most important force in political realms. While Arendt opposes strongly the violence of political realms. Marx points out that the realization of the freedom is based on labor liberation. On the one hand, we must abolish wage labor. On the other hand, we should make labor return to free activities. But Arendt believes that the realization of freedom exists in political life. When human beings enter into political realms and participate in national administration affairs, they can have real freedom.