Research On Marx ’s Communication Theory And Its Significance

Human history is nothing more than the history of people’s communication and development.Everyone is in rich social communication,and the development of the whole society needs to be jointly promoted through human communication.No matter in any era,communication is essential for individuals,nations,countries and even the whole world.Marx’s communication theory is a theoretical system about human communication founded by Marx,and it is an important part of Marxist theory.Marx’s communication theory is rich in content,which plays a key role in the formation and development of Marxism,and still shines with the brilliance of truth in the modern era.Studying Marx’s communication theory has important practical value for solving the complicated communication phenomenon in the world today.On the basis of absorbing the achievements of excellent civilization in the past,Marx expounded his understanding of communication based on the development conditions of the times.Some thoughts in ancient Greek philosophy,German classical philosophy,British classical political economy and French Enlightenment have some inspiration for the formation of Marx’s communication theory.For example,the view that human beings are social animals in ancient Greek philosophy,Hegel’s dialectics thought in German classical philosophy,Feuerbach’s humanistic communication thought,Hess’communication alienation thought,and the exchange and division of labor thought in British classical political economy are more or less reflected in the formation of Marx’s communication theory.The formation of Marx’s communication theory has a profound basis of the times.The development of capitalist production,the discovery of geography and the opening of new routes,and the inequality of capitalist social interaction have prompted Marx to study the issue of communication.The communication in Marx’s perspective is the activities of material and spiritual interaction,interaction and connection between the real subjects under certain historical conditions,and the social relations at different levels.We can understand Marx’s understanding of the concept of communication from the subject of communication,the basic form of communication and the essence of communication.Marx’s communication theory is gradually formed and developed in Marx’s theoretical exploration and practical struggle.The formation and development of this theory is mainly divided into three stages : preliminary exploration,systematic elaboration and horizon expansion.From doctoral dissertation to’ Paris Notes’,it is the initial exploration stage of Marx’s communication theory.During the period of his doctoral thesis,influenced by Hegel’s philosophy,Marx explored the communication between self-consciousness and the real world from the standpoint of idealism.After starting to engage in news publishing,Marx initially noticed that certain material relations affected people’s communicative behavior.Through the writing and publication of "Introduction to Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right " and " On the Jewish Question," Marx truly established the materialist position of communication and explored communication based on real people and their activities.In the relevant texts of’ Paris Notes’,Marx explained the idea of alienation of communication and preliminarily explained the concept of communication.In several of Marx’s works during his time in Brussels," Capitalism " and its manuscripts exploring the internal mechanism of capitalism systematically analyzed the theory of communication.In the outline of Feuerbach’s " German Ideology " Marx to Annikov,Marx had a clear interpretation of the concept of communication;in the " poverty of philosophy," Marx analyzed the dialectical relationship between productivity and production relations from the perspective of communication.In the’ Communist Manifesto’,the views of human communication and world history are explained.Marx’s political economics manuscripts and works,in-depth analysis of the communication situation of capitalist society,based on the social form paradigm to study communication.Marx’s exploration of anthropology,history and Eastern society in his later years expanded the research horizon of communication theory.The content system of Marx’s communication theory mainly includes three dimensions : human development,social production and world history.First,Marx interprets the theory of communication based on human development.In the process of meeting the needs of survival and development,human beings began to produce communicative behavior,and communication also promoted each other with the satisfaction of people’s needs at different levels.People have formed rich social relations in communication,and the sum of social relations constitutes the social nature of human beings.At a certain stage of social development,the essence of human beings is alienated in limited communication,and finally it is necessary to break alienation in universal communication and realize the free and comprehensive development of human beings.Second,Marx analyzed the theory of communication based on social production.Labor and communication are interdependent and mutually reinforcing,and this process also promotes the formation of social division of labor.Communication and division of labor are mutually conditional.Universal communication not only preserves productivity,but also promotes the progress of productivity with the common development of social division of labor.Third,Marx elucidated the theory of communication based on world history.In the process of expanding the world market,the bourgeoisie constructed the world communication system,which laid the foundation for the formation of world history.The formation of the world communication pattern also promoted the development of capitalism.Due to the inherent contradictions of the bourgeoisie,the development of world communication will surely eliminate the bourgeoisie and promote the world to enter the real human society,that is,to realize the communism of real universal communication.Through the analysis of the content system of Marx’s communication theory,it can be summarized that this theory has the characteristics of materialism,dialectics and coherence.The theoretical basis is materialistic.Marx explains communication under the premise of material production of human society,and analyzes the practical relationship,production development and human social status in communication theory.The process of theoretical interpretation is dialectical.Marx studies communication from the interaction of many pairs of relations in human development.In the theory of communication,it analyzes how communication and production are the unity of opposites,how alienation occurs in the development of communication,how to sublate alienation,and how communication promotes the development of human history.The theoretical vision is coherent.Marx analyzes communication from the perspective of world history.The communication theory runs through China and the West,runs through the past and the present,faces the future,runs through various social forms as a whole,focuses on the analysis of the communication situation of capitalist society,and explores the development goals of future social communication.Marx’s communication theory has important theoretical significance for understanding the free and all-round development of human beings,deepening the understanding of historical materialism and understanding the integrity of Marxism.Under the conditions of the general development of today’s social interaction,it is of great practical value to promote the improvement of human quality,promote the overall progress of society and promote the common destiny of mankind.