"Rebuilding Historical Materialism":A Comparison Between Habermas And Allen Wood

The reconstruction of historical materialism has always been the theme of Western Marxist scholars.Especially with the development of society,modern capitalism has appeared new features and met many new problems.So Habermas put forward the slogan of Rebuilding Historical materialism,and Alan Wood also started the rebuilding work.Their reconstruction of historical materialism has attracted wide attention in the academic circles,but the related research only focuses on the single person's research,rarely touches on the theme of reconstruction of historical materialism.Therefore,by comparing their reconstruction of historical materialism,we can see through the social problems of contemporary western capitalism and understand the western thinking of historical materialism to a certain extent.The value of theory and practice.The article is divided into four parts:the first part explores the reasons,significance and research status of the topics,understands the influence of the two theories in today's society,and explores the significance of Reconstructing Historical materialism;the second part elaborates in detail the historical and theoretical background of the reconstruction of historical materialism by Habermas and Alan Wood,and reveals the reality and importance of today's capitalist society.The logical inevitability of building historical materialism:The third part compares the reconstructing ideas of the two from five aspects:attitude,starting point,perspective,basic concepts and theoretical appeal,tries to analyze the similarities and differences between them in general,and systematically expounds their reconstructing purposes and paths;the fourth part evaluates the theoretical gains and losses of the two,focusing on the correct understanding of experience.Historical materialism,innovative development of historical materialism.The author thinks that the innovation and development of historical materialism is also of great reference value to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics.