Research On The Concept Of Production From The Perspective Of Historical Materialism

The concept of production is the core category of historical materialism.Combing the development of the concept of production,clarify the theoretical connotation of the concept of production,and response in the contemporary era of Marx’s concept of the production is the core content of this paper,the consolidate marxist philosophy basic theory research,advancing Marx’s critique of political economy towards a new stage has very important theoretical significance and academic value.The concept of production in the view of historical materialism is different from the abstract and speculative production of metaphysics.It is the production of real people and the objective activity of real people to confirm their own existence.From the perspective of historical materialism,the concept of production has four dimensions:ontology,history,criticism and value.It is a human life activity developing freely in an allround way,and a necessary condition for moving from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom.The concept of production is a philosophical concept,which embodies the philosophical thinking of Marx’s philosophy and historical materialism on the possibility of man’s existence mode and man’s liberation and free and comprehensive development.This paper clarifies the theoretical context of the concept of production from the perspective of historical materialism by sorting out Marx’s classic texts,"the difference between democritus’ natural philosophy and Epicurus’ natural philosophy","the economic and philosophical manuscripts of 1844","the holy family" and "the German ideology".In his doctoral thesis,Marx analyzed the creation principle of self-consciousness presented by Epicurus’ natural philosophy on the oblique movement of atoms,and expressed the productive thought that man could free himself from the bondage of necessity and freely create his own life through his own activities.In the Manuscript of Economics and Philosophy in 1844,Marx explained the concept of production in the sense of objective activity and criticized alienated labor.Thus,Marx not only connected the concept of production and labor,but more importantly endowed production with the connotation of labor.In The German Ideology,which is the foundation work of historical materialism,Marx connected the concept of production with the existence and nature of human beings and explained the basic theoretical status of production.Production has become the logical main line and basic concept of Marx’s systematic interpretation of historical materialism.If you carefully read Marx’s texts,you will find that Marx explained the four dimensions of the concept of production in his classical texts,namely,the ontological dimension,the historical dimension,the critical dimension and the value dimension.First of all,production is a philosophical concept about the existence of human beings.Production is an objective activity in which human beings create their own lives and maintain their own existence as human beings.Through production,human beings construct their own existence.Secondly,production has a historical dimension,which is reflected in three aspects.First,production is the first activity of history,and history,as "the real life process of people",is the premise and foundation of history.Second,production promotes the development of history,and the contradictory relationship between productive forces and relations of production is the driving force of historical development.Third,the production is analyze an important perspective of social history,through the mode of production to critically analyze the history and perspective,and show a certain historical period of social structure and its history,Marx through to the capitalist mode of production and production of critical investigation,uncover capitalism confrontational relationship structure,and reveals the emergence of capitalist society and destruction has its historical inevitability.Thirdly,the critical dimension of the concept of production.Starting from the production of material life,Marx criticized the capitalist mode of production and the bourgeoisie ideology defending his theory.Finally,the value dimension of the concept of production,production is the human life activity with the comprehensive development of freedom and personality,the necessary condition for the transition from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom,the concept of production embodies the value purport of the historical materialism to pursue the liberation and the comprehensive development of freedom.