Alienation And Reconstruction Of Everyday Life

Lefebvre,a French philosopher,was an important representative in the history of the development of modern Western Marxist philosophy.His critical theory of daily life had taken a different approach,extending and developing the critical tradition of Marxism from the perspective of social and cultural criticism.With keen insights and unique perspectives,Lefebvre took the alienation of daily life in the modern capitalist consumer society as his theoretical concerns,and paid theoretical attention to the fate of people in the new consumer society.His Critical Theory of Daily Life aimed to expose the alienation in daily life,disclosed the falseness of the “good life” weaving by new capitalism,and called on people to fight against the alienation in daily life.This article takes Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Daily Life as the research object,discusses the alienation and reconstruction of daily life,logically combs and generalizes his theoretical system,and further excavates his theoretical value.The first part mainly examines the theoretical bases and realistic backgrounds of Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Daily Life.Lefebvre had always taken Marxism as the source of his theory.He adhered to the research method of combining theory and practice.Under the new social conditions,he further developed Marx’s theory of macroscopic alienation into the microcosmic realm of daily life and realized the transformation of philosophy into daily life.All these pointed out a new critical path for the study of Western Marx’s theory.The second part focuses on the analysis of important points in Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Daily Life.Lefebvre pointed out that modern capitalist society had developed to the stage of consumer society,becoming a “bureaucratic society with controlled consumption”.The alienation of the new capitalist stage had penetrated into all aspects of daily life in society,and new terrorism had overwhelmed the entire daily life.Lefebvre deeply criticized this kind of alienation,and pointed out that people in modern society were in this kind of alienation unconsciously,and were still immersed in the false illusion created by the alienation.The third part mainly expounds some utopian ideas of Lefebvre on the reconstruction of daily life.Lefebvre proposed to eliminate the alienation of daily life through the revival of festivals,the realization of “total man” and the revolution of urban space.He tried to realize the liberation of daily life by turning “daily life into a piece of art” through a total practical revolution.The last part discusses the value of Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Daily Life by explaining its theoretical and practical significance.As a scholar being always sensitive to social development,Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Daily Life was highly critical.He brought fresh blood to Western Marxist philosophy and realized the transformation of modern philosophy in daily life.