An Analysis Of The Historical View Of "The German Ideology"

The German Ideology contains a systematic exposition of the principles of historical materialism,marking the creation of the materialist conception of history,and occupying an important place in the works of Marx and Engels.The individual and the community are the core categories in the Marxist view of history.The German Ideology presents the process of human historical development in its entirety,taking the existence of the real individual as the base and the dialectical relationship between the community and the individual as the main line.This historical thread deepens the study of the Marxist view of history and has farreaching implications for human social practice and its development.The first part first analyzes the specific meaning of the concepts of individual and community in The German Ideology and the specific scenes in which Marx uses these two concepts.The individual refers to the "real individual" which means the individual is sensible and real in history,and is the direct creator of history.The community is a collection of individuals,a way for them to come together to fight against nature,and the evolution of the form of the community can mark the different stages of history.In the process of history,the production and practice activities of individuals shape the community,and the community in turn influences each individual,and the two unfold the picture of history in a dialectical movement.The second part begins to sort out the process of human historical development from the perspective of the individual and the community.Marxism divides the development of human history into three stages,including pre-capitalist society,capitalist society and future society.Correspondingly,the community takes three forms: the community of nature,the community of illusion,and the association of free people.According to the Marxist conception,the development of history is the process of constantly liberating people from bondage and making them gain real freedom.In pre-capitalist society,the relationship between individuals is the dependence of man on man;in the capitalist stage,the dependence of man on things is the main manifestation,while only in the communist society,the illusory community really goes to the association of free people,when the individuals are fully and freely developed and the individuality of each individual is truly realized.Combing the historical view of the German Ideology from the perspective of the relationship between the individual and the community not only enriches the subjective dimension of historical materialism,but also points out the path of reconciliation between the individual and the community,and provides a strong ideological support for the Chinese proposal of the community of human destiny.