On Marx's Critique Of Religion

The problem of religion is not the main problem of Marx's philosophy and critique of religion is not the core of Marx's philosophy, but Marx's critique of religion is of great significance and great influence. This paper makes a systematical research and overall grasp on Marx's thought from the angle of Marx's critique of religion. Marx's critique of religion penetrates through the development of Marx's thought. Marx's critique of religion is not to discard anything simplify but a process of aufheben. On the one hand, Marx absolutely denies Christian paradise, which is abstractive, visional and apart from true life. Marx regards communism on the basis of reality and history through criticizing the realistic capitalism economy system. On the other hand, communism not only is of positivity and objectivity, but also, as an ideal new ambit, lies in the practice process of changing the world. Marx's critique of religion has the characteristic of integer and contains two dimensionalities of sociology and philosophy. It is a holistic critique, which combines sociology with philosophy and makes Marx's reconstruct for German classical philosophy, English political economics and French Utopian socialism turn into an inherent integer. Based on Marx's critique of Judaism and Christianity, and the compare between the Marx's critique of religion and the religion critique of Kant, Hegel and Young Hegelians, we draw a conclusion that religion critique can bring us a new clue, a new theoretical angle and a new thinking manner for understanding Marx's thought foundation, content, significance. Critique of religion is also can be looked as another origin of Marx's thought.