Study On Engels’ Historical View In His Later Years And Its Contemporary Value

The establishment of Marxist view of history scientifically reveals the law of social and historical development.Engels,as the "second violinist",made outstanding contributions to the establishment,development and perfection of historical view.In his early years,he worked with Marx to explore the law of social development,and in his later years,he devoted himself to the theoretical movement of maintaining the scientific and integrity of historical view.In his later years,Engels made important additions and improvements to his view of history through his works such as The Origin of the Family,Private Ownership and the State,Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of German Classical Philosophy and several letters about historical materialism.In today’s era,Marxism has entered a new stage of development.A deep understanding and grasp of Engels’ view of history in his later years can not only help us to improve the ability to distinguish right from wrong,but also provide theoretical guidance and path choice for us to promote the Sinicization of Marxism,which has important theoretical and practical value for solving the new problems raised in the new era.Under the guidance of Marxism and based on the classical works and letters of Engels’ historical view in his later years,this paper mainly carries out the research on Engels’ historical view in his later years from four aspects.First,it combs the historical background and theoretical origin of Engels’ historical view in his later years.The capitalist society presents a new trend,the view of history is being questioned and distorted,and the Russian revolution is rising.On the basis of absorbing Hegel,Feuerbach,Morgan,Marx and other relevant theories,Engels made a scientific expression of the law of human social development.Secondly,it sums up the basic content of Engels’ historical view in his later years.It emphasizes that economic factor is the "axis red line" that runs through social and historical development;It is analyzed that the elements of superstructure are active factors which constitute the development of society and history.It is pointed out that the production of things and the production of human beings are the internal mechanism governing the development of social history.This paper expounds that the "resultant force" of social and historical development is the dynamic mechanism of constructing social and historical development.Thirdly,it discusses the theoretical characteristics of Engels’ historical view in his later years.Engels’ view of history in his later years is characterized by practicality,criticality,populism and scientificity.In his later years,Engels,based on the principle of dialectics,discussed historical materialism from the perspectives of history and reality,theory and practice,macro and micro,and enriched the theoretical characteristics of historical materialism.Fourthly,it sums up the contemporary value of Engels’ historical view in his later years.Theory originates from practice and ultimately serves practice.This paper is based on the overall grasp of Engels’ view of history in his later years,and according to the changes of times conditions,the theory into the reality of the soil,to explore its theoretical and practical value to the contemporary society.