Marx’s Theory Of Human Needs And Its Contemporary Values And Significance

The focus of human needs is a universal and eternal topic.Human needs have emerged with the birth of mankind.The maintenance of human life,the coexistence between human and nature,and the interaction between human and society all have expressed some kind of human needs,which will accompany the development of human and human history.Human needs have also become one of the focuses of great philosophers in ancient times.It is noted that the issue of human’s needs fall within the category of Marx’s researches and constitute a significant starting point of his research of historical materialism.In the introduction part,the essay expounds the purpose and significance of the research,the status quo of the research at home and abroad,the research methods and the innovative points of this essay.On the one hand,the essay elaborates the source and the basic views of Marx’s theory of human needs,and analyzes its inner structure.The existence of human’s needs is the basic view of Marx’s historical materialism.Marx’s theory of human beings foreshadowed the wisdom of predecessors and critically absorbed some theories with regard to human’s needs of Hegel,Feuerbach and utopian socialist thinkers.Based on such marvelous theories,Marx’s historical and materialist theory of human needs came into being.Although Marx’s theory of human needs has been scattered in many works,its theory has an internal logical connection and forms an overall and theoretical system.From the perspective of subjects of human needs,human needs have experienced a transformation from individual needs to the needs of a whole society.In terms of objects of human needs,human needs are an integration of material needs and spiritual needs.With regard to regular pattern of development,it is an improvement from survival needs and enjoyment needs to development needs.On the other hand,the essay probes into the connotation of Marx’s theory of human needs.First of all,Marx,from the perspective of actual human,pointed out that human needs originated from human nature.The interaction of human’s natural properties,social attributes and thought attributes play a significant role in the generation and transformation of human needs.Moreover,through integrating the consciousness of human needs and the initiative of satisfying human needs,human beings can obtain and create what they need by means of active labor and production.Finally,Marx put human needs in the whole process of human history development,and pointed out that the development of human society has been accompanied by human needs.It is noted that human needs constitute the rally of social evolution,and the contradictory movement of needs and production promotes the development of human society.It is particularly important that the essay emphasizes the importance of guiding the development of society and human with Marx’s theory of human needs from the perspective of combining theories with practices.The analysis and application of Marx’s theory of human needs can provide theoretical guidance for a better solution to the contradiction between human needs and social production.Furthermore,it is helpful to break the predicament between man and nature,and realize the sustainable development of economic society.Moreover,it promotes the establishment of correct value orientation and view of human needs,and guides the overall development of human health.In short,the study of Marx’s theory of human needs is consistent with the trend of conducting researches of Marxist basic theories.Researches on this subject matter not only enrich the development of Marxism-Leninism,Mao Zedong Thought and the theoretical system of Socialism with Chinese characteristics,but also have a great impetus to the development of contemporary Chinese economic society.