Study On Engels’ Thought Of The Industrial Revolution In The Condition Of The Working Class In England

The Industrial revolution is not only an important social background for the emergence and development of Marxism,but also the social basis for Marx and Engels to study capitalism.The Condition of the Working Class in England is Engels’ early classic work on the industrial revolution,which contains Engels’ analysis on the nature of the industrial revolution and its social and historical significance.The thought of industrial revolution is the beginning of Engels’ study of the working class with historical materialism,which shows Engels’ theoretical consciousness.Engels often delve into the working masses,when he lived in Manchester,the industrial city of England.Based on that,Engels not only used many historical materials to explain the social consequences caused by the industrial revolution,but also used abstract power to find that the combination of industrial revolution and capital aggravated the exploitation and oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie under the condition of capitalist private ownership.He also clarified the social and historical mission of the proletariat.It all embodies Engels’ theoretical attempt to study the development of social history from the perspective of social internal contradictions.This paper discusses the social and historical conditions,theoretical origins and theoretical consciousness of Engels’ industrial revolution thought,through the background of The Condition of the Working Class in England.Secondly,it summarizes the industrial revolution thought contained in The Condition of the Working Class in England.Engels studied the social and historical origin of the Industrial revolution from the perspective of historical genesis and pointed out that the driving force of the industrial revolution is made up of scientific revolution,technological development,ideological change,social need and capital expansion.Engels also studied the social and historical significance of the industrial revolution from the perspective of social history.The industrial revolution promoted the rapid development of productive forces,changed the mode of production,gave birth to the factory system,produced the working class,intensified the main contradiction of capitalist society,and changed the relationship between man and nature.Engels put forward the way to solve the social problems of the industrial revolution on the basis of budding historical materialism.On one hand,Engels proposed a fundamental way to subvert the capitalist system politically from the perspective of the movement of basic social contradictions.On the other hand,he proposed other specific ways to alleviate the social problems of the industrial revolution.Finally,the paper explains the theoretical significance and practical enlightenment of Engels’ industrial revolution thought.The standpoint of the working class and the materialist method of the embryonic state of history make Engels’ thought of industrial revolution highly forward-looking and prophetic,which surpass the previous knowledge and understanding of industrial revolution.Theoretically,Engels’ thought of industrial revolution is the beginning of Engels’ research on the condition of working class and capitalist system from the internal contradictory movement of productive forces and production relations.The combination of Engels’ thought of industrial revolution and social reality provided important theoretical guidance for the healthy development of socialist industrialization with Chinese characteristics,and further embodied the exuberant vitality and rich ideological connotation of Engels’ thought of the industrial revolution.