A Textual Study Of The "Battle Against The Criticism Of French Materialism" In The Holy Family

The Holy Family was the first book co-authored by Marx and Engels,published in February 1845.The preface of Volume 2 of the Second Chinese Edition of the Complete Works of Marx and Engels points out that the section "The Battle against the Criticism of French Materialism" in the Holy Family is of great significance.In this section,Marx and Engels outlined the development of materialism in Western European philosophy and pointed out that communism is the logical conclusion of materialist philosophy.Therefore,this paper chooses the section "The Battle against the Criticism of French Materialism" of the Holy Family to carry out textual research,and tries to reveal the status and value of this section in the history of dialectical materialism by elaborating and interpreting the main content of the section "The Battle against the Criticism of French Materialism".This paper adopts two research methods,literature research method and comparative research method,to study the text of "The Battle of the Criticism of French Materialism" section of the Holy Family,which is mainly divided into five parts.The introduction part mainly clarifies the topic selection background and research significance of this topic,analyzes the research status at home and abroad and remains to be improved,and explains the research ideas,methods,innovation points and shortcomings of this topic.The first chapter mainly combs the creation background of the section "The Battle of Criticism against French materialism" in the Holy Family.The rise and development of natural science provided the prerequisite for it.Marx and Engels’ personal theoretical background and social practice experience laid the theoretical foundation for their research on 18 th century French materialism,while Powell’s speculative idealism provided a realistic opportunity for the creation of "the battle of criticizing French materialism".The second chapter mainly interprets the main content of "the critical battle against French materialism".In this section,Marx and Engels explained the reasons for Powell’s distortion of French materialism,analyzed French materialism’s criticism of metaphysics in the 17 th century,and further elaborated the development course of materialism in Western European philosophy,thus providing a theoretical basis for the continued development of dialectical materialism.The third chapter mainly discusses the theoretical significance and the value of The Times of "the battle of the criticism of French materialism".Its theoretical significance mainly has two points,one is to promote the continuous development of dialectical materialism by absorbing the nutrients of 18 th century French materialism thought.Second,by pointing out the connection between materialism and communism,"laying the materialist foundation for the theory of scientific socialism",highlighting the important role of materialism in the formation of the theory of scientific socialism in France in the 18 th century.Its value of The Times mainly lies in the text interpretation and research of the original works of Marxist philosophy classics,which enriches the theoretical achievements of the source of Marxist philosophy thoughts and promotes the process of Marxist philosophy being sinicized in times.The conclusion is a summary of the main idea and content of the full text.