A Study Of Marx And Engels’ Ideological Theory

The emergence and development of ideology is a social process,not an activity of pure thought.In the process of the development of human society,ideology has never left the field,it exists in all aspects of social life in a secret way,anyone and any country are in a certain ideological influence,the problem of ideology is becoming more and more unavoidable.Since China’s reform and opening up the rapid development of economy make our country also the dramatic changes in the ideological area,internal changes we need to analyze the social members,foreign we need to cope with the challenge of the international community to say,this requires we grasp the essence,in ideological problems stand firm,strengthening ideological leadership,defend the ideology leadership.Theory is the forerunner of practice,and Marx and Engels’ ideological theory is of fundamental guiding significance to us.Based on this consideration,this paper returns to the original work,combs the original text,studies Marx and Engels’ discussion on ideology,and reexamines its contemporary value from a scientific attitude and a developmental perspective.This paper is divided into five parts.In the first part,the research background and significance of the topic are described,the previous research overview is summarized,and the main research results are sorted and evaluated from the concept,function,stage division and other aspects of ideology.In the second part,the origin of the concept of ideology,the formation of Marx and Engels ideological theory and the development process.Marx and Engels gradually constructed their ideological theory on the basis of their continuous in-depth practice and criticism of previous theories.Through the analysis of Marx and Engels’ ideological discourse,the development process can be divided into three parts: the embryonic period（1842-1844）,the formation period（1845-1866）,and the mature development period（after 1867）.These three periods contain Marx and Engels’ critical activities at three levels:The criticism of philosophy,political economy and fetishism reflects the gradual deepening of Marx and Engels’ ideological criticism.The third part mainly expounds the basic viewpoints of Marx and Engels’ ideology theory,and summarizes the main characteristics of ideology.This paper analyzes the scientific connotation of ideology from the aspects of "superstructure of idea","tool of ruling class" and "false idea",and explains in detail the characteristics of practicality,class and relative independence of ideology.The fourth part mainly discusses the contemporary value of Marx and Engels’ ideological theory,which is divided into theoretical value and practical value.The fifth part is the summary of the thesis.The influence of Marx and Engels’ ideological theory is still huge and it still has important guiding significance for the development of our present society.By Marx and Engels ideology theory review today’s society,all sorts of wrong ideas can timely recognition,is good for our continuously adhere to consolidate the guiding position of Marx and Engels theory of ideology,can for the new era,we continue to provide the scientific socialist ideology construction fundamental guidance,firmly to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation’s ideological and theoretical basis.