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Changing Philosophy Into Social Critical Theory

Posted on:2007-05-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:L ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360185957933Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Frankfurt school is the most important representative of critical theory as a mirror of Humanitarianism of western Marxism of 20 centuries. He attempts to put together the theories of other western schools in order to get the investigation on the contemporary west society. He makes use of the criticism spirit to do the research and judgments including the philosophy, economics, politics, sociology, social psychology and so on .he explains reasonably the living antinomy modern mankind based on flourishing capitalism society. Thus becoming a kind of social critical theory that gleams the human nature shining glory. It relates to the need of explaining and improving philosophy of Marxism to do the research of the social critical theory of Frankfurt school. One hand, the revolution of modern philosophy made by Marx means the change of research topic, function of philosophy and means the turn from nature and cosmoses escaping from the mankind to attention to the existence, destiny and liberation of human beings. The revolution of philosophy of Marxism is the turning of Historical materialism in fact. Frankfurt school inherits and improves the philosophy tradition of philosophy of Marxism. Seeing from the aggressive meaning, the social critical theory of Frankfurt school is one of the important contents. Seeing from the aggressive meaning, the social critical theory of Frankfurt school is one of the important contents that the topic and form innovating and transferring of Marxism, it activated the growth of Marxism in the contemporary capitalism and put forward the problem that should pay attention to the development of the contemporary Marxism. Therefore, we must research the social critical theory of Frankfurt school in order to understand and improve the development of the philosophy of Marxism in the present age. On the other hand, the destiny and liberation of the mankind concerned by Marx has changed largely nowadays, so we can't resolve the present living problems using the theories of Marxism. The Frankfurt school carried on the scathing judgment to the capitalism and researched on the person's liberation and developments from the history dialectics. It not only expanded the view of philosophy of Marxism (the...
Keywords/Search Tags:Frankfurt school, social critical theory, alienation
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