| The "real man" is an important concept that permeates early Marx’s thought.As a unique concept that has seldom been systematically examined,the "real man" presents a picture of man in the entire history of philosophy behind Marx’s thought,reflecting the dilemma of man between facts and values,and showing the logic of the transformation of Marx’s thought,searching for a path of self-emancipation and the free and well-rounded development of the future man.In Marx’s text,the prominent sources of the idea of the "real man" are Aristotle,Epicurus,Hegel,and Feuerbach.Aristotle is concerned with the subjectivity and sociality of man.Epicurus recognizes the free will of the atom.Hegel values the real social man,and Feuerbach reassigns man to the sensual man himself.The hidden sources of the idea of the "real man" are Plato and Fichte.The reversion of the "real man" is apparently inherited from Hegel,but in reality it is derived from Plato’s "recollection of the soul",which is much older.Although Marx rarely refers to Fichte’s ideas directly,Fichte’s "objective activity" of the pure self agree with the ideas Marx mentions in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscript of 1844.Marx’s concept of "real man" consists of three stages: the generation of the concept,its basic maturity and its in-depth development.The period of the creation of the concept is mainly the period from Rheinische Zeitung to German-French Annals.During this period,the idea of "real man" was heavily philosophical colored and focused on the ideal depiction of human emancipation.The maturity of the concept is reflected in the Economic and Philosophical Manuscript of 1844 and Die Deutsche Ideologie.In the Manuscripts,Marx turns to reality,combining political economy and philosophical thought,and understands the "real man" as the "object" and "realistic" man.In The Die Deutsche Ideologie,influenced by Engels,Marx’s thought turned completely to reality.He regarded a man of flesh and blood as "real man" and attached importance to the historical analysis of the reality of "real man".The period of deeper conceptual development is reflected in the Communist Manifesto and the later critical works on political economy.Marx almost stopped talking about the concept of the "real man" and instead referred to the real people,such as the proletarians and the poor,who he believed were needed for the liberation of man and the revolution of society.Marx’s understanding of the "real man" is strongly futuristic.The connotation of Marx’s thought includes the actual levels and the expectative levels.Marx focuses on the subjectivity,dynamism and objectivity of human beings,the real aspect of "real man",that is,human beings are sensual,social and historical,and also pursues the ideal state of "real man",that is,human beings have moral character and know how to truly unite.and the desire of man for his own free and comprehensive development.Although Marx’s picture of the unity of the actual levels and the expectative state of the "real man" is vague and not even elaborated.The analysis in this chapter shows that the unity of the "real man" in these two levels is still traceable,and is bound to evolve towards a higher level as society moves forward.In a word,the "real man" is the organic unity of what is,what should be,and what is inevitable.Finally,we will discuss the realistic revelation of Marx’s idea of "real man" in the light of the current reality.The problems of real society are fundamentally human problems.At the level of material civilization,the idea of "real man" is useful for overcoming problems such as consumerism,poverty,artificial intelligence(AI)and technization;at the level of spiritual civilization,the idea of "real man" can provide useful lessons for the construction of ideology and morality or the regulation of network misconduct;at the level of ecological civilization,the idea of "real man" can provide useful lessons for the construction of ecological civilization.In the construction of ecological civilization,the idea of "real man" can provide useful reference for the construction of ideology and morality and the regulation of network misconduct. |