Marx's Alienation Theory And Its Contemporary Enlightenments

Alienation theory plays a very important role in the development of Marxist theory. It is the key factor of Marx's building the materialist conception of history , surplus value theory and scientific socialism .The article bases on the former thinker's analysis and application about alienation and the classical work ,try to make clear the development of Marx's alienation theory in order to offer the valuable lessons for knowing and analyzing the current Chinese alienation phenomena.This article is divided into three parts besides foreword and conclusion. The forward probes into the important significance to study alienation theory. Part one: The article combs the proposition and development of the alienation concept simply , describes the whole course of Marx's alienation theory development systematically, explores the great significance of Marx's alienation theory to the form of the materialist conception of history, and appraised Marx's alienation theory briefly. Before the building of the materialist conception of history Marx looked on the alienation phenomena mainly from the value dimension. After the building of the materialist conception of history he criticized capitalism from the historical dimension. So Marx had a change from humanism to historical materialism. Part two: The article has an overview of Western Marxist's alienation theory, and give a dialectical analysis and evaluation. Part three: The article explores the...