Marx’s Theory Of Spiritual Production And Its Practical Enlightenment

Marx stood on the position of historical materialism,based on material production,introduced the viewpoint of practice,investigated spiritual production from the overall perspective of social comprehensive production,and obtained a unique theory of spiritual production on the basis of criticizing and inheriting the previous research on spiritual production.At present,with the vigorous development of the world knowledge economy,the new technological revolution and industrial reform are developing in depth,and the competition among countries in the field of spiritual production is becoming increasingly fierce.An in-depth and systematic study of Marx’s theory of spiritual production has important enlightenment significance for guiding the development of contemporary Chinese society and how to enhance the competitiveness in the field of spiritual production.The formation of Marx’s theory of spiritual production has its specific era background.In the 1840 s,the European Industrial Revolution promoted the development of social productive forces.The large-scale production of machines brought the illusion of economic prosperity.The bourgeoisie became richer and richer,while the working class became poorer and poorer.The outbreak of the three major worker movements marked that the working class became an independent political force and stepped onto the historical stage.At the same time,the development of natural sciences and Humanities and social sciences has liberated people’s minds.Marx’s theory of spiritual production has rich theoretical origins.Marx critically inherited some contents about spiritual production in bourgeois classical economics,German classical philosophy and utopian socialism,and gradually formed his pioneering theory of spiritual production.Marx’s understanding of spiritual production is constantly deepening and developing,which has experienced three stages: theoretical germination stage(1841-1844),theoretical basic formation stage(1845-1848)and theoretical deepening stage(1848-1883).As an important part of Marxist theory,the connotation of Marxist spiritual production theory mainly includes five aspects: first,the production of ideas,ideas and consciousness;The second is to take the historical people who are in the reality of social relations as the main body of spiritual production;Third,take the objective material world that is not transferred by human will as the object of spiritual production;Fourth,take social practice as the essence of spiritual production;Fifth,take material production as the basis of spiritual production.At the same time,Marx’s spiritual production always has the characteristics of class,freedom,creativity,relative independence and historical inheritance.Spiritual production has a dynamic reaction to material production,promotes people’s all-round development,and promotes social development.Under the background of the new era,Marx’s theory of spiritual production has important practical enlightenment.To promote the high-quality development of China’s spiritual productivity,we should strengthen the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and enhance the cultural soft power;Pay attention to scientific and technological innovation and enhance core competitiveness;Meet the spiritual needs of the people for a better life and enhance spiritual cohesion.