On The Dual Dimensions Of Marx's Wealth Concept And Its Theoretical Effects

Wealth is not only the content of economic research,but also the issue of historical view.Marx not only conducted a critical analysis of wealth in political economy,but also this analysis is intrinsically unified with the process of philosophical change.It can be said that Marx's materialist historical view is the logical premise of his view of wealth,while Marx's view of wealth is the deepening and concreteization of his materialistic view of history.Moreover,this is clearly reflected in Marx's concept of wealth.Although the academic circles have analyzed and understood the concept of wealth in many aspects in the process of interpreting Marx's concept of wealth,in general,they do not have a good understanding and grasp of the dual dimensions of Marx's concept of wealth,namely the connotation of the subject dimension and the object dimension and its inherent unity,which blurs the fundamental difference between Marxist wealth view and other wealth views.In fact,Marx scientifically interprets wealth from the perspective of material production and reveals the particularity of wealth under the control of capital logic.According to Marx's point of view,wealth is the historical unity of the subject-object dimension on the basis of human practice;the subject dimension of wealth is mainly the actual development of the subject of wealth creation,and the object dimension of wealth is the material manifestation of wealth as a product of human active creation;wealth as the realistic basis for human survival and development,is to achieve the free and allround development of human beings as a historical mission and value.The capitalist production relationship is the root of modern wealth.Only by transcending the logic of capital and turning the dislocation of the relationship between man and wealth,so that the laborer can truly become masters of wealth rather than slaves of wealth,can a scientific and rational view of wealth be established.This has important theoretical and practical significance for guiding the scientific construction of contemporary Chinese wealth concept.The main part of this paper consists of four chapters:The first chapter mainly traces back to the development of the concept of wealth before Marx and its theoretical defects,and explores the specific transformation of the concept of wealth by Marx.Before Marx's thinkers had problems in the view of history,they either Started from the old materialist world view,regarding wealth as something other than human beings.or in an idealistic way understand wealth as an abstract thing enclosed in the spirit,failing to correctly understand wealth.On the basis of criticizing and absorbing the reasonable elements of previous thinkers' thoughts,Marx is the product of individual practice activities that understand wealth as reality.It is the confirmation of human life force and realizes the change of the concept of wealth.The second chapter mainly discusses the basic connotation of Marx's wealth concept from the main-object dimension.As the realistic foundation of human development,wealth is manifested in the historical unity of the subject-object dimension based on human practice.As far as the main dimension of wealth is concerned,it mainly refers to the actual development of people who are the mainstay of wealth creation;as far as the object dimension of wealth is concerned,the creation of wealth and the expression of wealth are inseparable from certain material elements.The third chapter focuses on the basic characteristics of Marx's wealth thought.Marx's concept of wealth fully reflects the following distinctive features: the unity of inheritance and innovation in the form of wealth concept,the unity of structure and history of the concept of wealth,the unity of subjectivity and objectivity of wealth existence and measurement scale,and the critical and constructive unity of the nature of wealth.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes and sorts out the contemporary theoretical effects of Marx's concept of wealth.With the advancement of practice and the development of the times,the expression of wealth in today's society has changed greatly compared with the era in which Marx lived.Thus,contemporary thinkers have different voices on the interpretation of Marx's concept of wealth.Western scholars represented by Debord,Baudrillard and Piketty criticized,rejected and revised the concept of Marx's wealth.The interpretation of Marx's concept of wealth in the contemporary West fully reflects the vitality of Marx's view of wealth;The interpretation of Marx's concept of wealth is based on the development of human beings.The expansion of Marx's concept of wealth based on the concept of practice,development,values and the rule of law has important theories and realistic meaning for guiding the scientific construction of contemporary Chinese wealth.