| Engels’ The Origin of the Family,Private Property and the State(hereinafter referred to as "Origin")is based on the historical materials in Morgan’s book Ancient Society as the main reference,combined with Marx’s manuscripts,excerpts and a large number of annotations,in order to further enrich the history The theoretical connotation of materialism is an important work that more comprehensively and deeply expounds the general laws of the evolution of human civilization,and has a lofty position in the history of the development of human civilization.“Origin” expounds the basic process of the evolution of human civilization in primitive society from three aspects: the origin,development characteristics and final development orientation of human civilization.It includes changes in the patterns of the four types of marriage and family,and the evolution of the three major social divisions of labor.A detailed discussion of private ownership and class,the disintegration of clans and the emergence of states.This article summarizes three logics of the evolution of human civilization by combing the text of “Origin”,and combines the general laws with connotations with Xi Jinping’s theory of “New Form of Human Civilization”,aiming to reveal the impact of research on “Origin” for my country’s new The theoretical guidance and support for the construction of civilization of the times helps us to better explore the relevant theories of the evolution of human civilization.The main contents include the following aspects: First,the textual content of “Origin”about the evolution of human civilization.In the content of the first and second chapters of“Origin”,it is mentioned that human civilization originated in the barbaric era,and gradually emerged with the evolution of marriage and family;the most important feature in the evolution of human civilization is the emergence of three societies.The general law of the evolution of human civilization is embodied in two major aspects: the disintegration of the clan and the emergence of the state.Second,the analysis of the three evolutionary logics of the organizational form of marriage and family,the development of private ownership and class,and the change of the organizational form of the clan state.In the savage era and the barbaric era,three different marriage systems,group marriage,duality and monogamy,appeared in turn,and the family organization was also constantly upgraded and changed;the concept of private ownership and class differentiation caused by social division of labor brought about private ownership and Slavery;with the overthrow of matriarchy,the clan system gradually disintegrated and the state was born.Third,the significance of the study of "Origin" to the construction of Chinese civilization in the new era.In “Origin”,Engels made a scientific prediction on the development direction of the future society’s development of the form of marriage and family and the demise of the country based on love.New form of human civilization theory was proposed based on historical materialism,and “Origin” is rich in and improve the theoretical connotation of historical materialism,so returning to the classic book“Origin” has extremely important practical significance for the study of the evolution of human civilization in China in the new era. |