Marx And Engels’ Thought Of Science And Technology And Its Contemporary Value

Among the Marxist profound theoretical system, Marx and Engels science and technology thought is an integral part of the Marxist theory. It is not only Marx and Engels summary of the science and technology development in which they live era, but also highly abstract theoretical results generalize to human science and technology practice activities based on the dialectical materialism Marxist world outlook and methodology and historical materialism. Marx and Engels thought contains a wealth of scientific and technological thought. These form the core and one of the key points of their philosophical thoughts.The19th century is not only the golden period of development of modern science and technology but also the rapid development of the productive forces of capitalist era. Marx and Engels feel the carnival era. They pay close attention to and track exploring new scientific discoveries, technological inventions and new application of scientific and technological achievements in production. Based on the natural, social, human and other multiple angles, the rational debates on science and technology are not only an important source of development of Marxist theory, but also their historic mission entrusted by the times. Just as Marxism itself gone from a birth, the development of sophisticated historical process have gone from a birth and then presented to the initial formation of mature development process as Marx and Engels of scientific thinking and understanding of technical issues. The criticism of the capitalist system was taken as only main line in this process. Successively from the perspective of humanism, practical materialism, political economy as the starting point for an in-depth study of science and technology, the formation of three stages were developed. These three progressive stages in turn, reflects their understanding of the nature of science and technology to deepen and improve.Marx and Engels’ thought of science and technology is a content-rich theoretical system. It is both the essential nature of the technology, structure, internal operating rules of analysis and the social function of science and technology for external inspection. It reflects the dialectical scientific system and basic characteristics from the property, the era and openness. Marx and Engels elaborated the scientific and technical issues, which are subordinate to explore the road of proletarian revolution to the human and nature harmonious coexistence, human freedom and social liberation. We can’t deliberately overstating the scientific and technical ideas of Marx and Engels in their position in the whole theoretical edifice and can’t blame them scattered statements on science and technology issues, but evaluate these objectively in line with historical perspective.Marx and Engels stick with a whole and development perspective to view the relationship between science and technology and nature, society and people based on the dialectical and historical materialism. The technology is node made by the various aspect of network. Where, the nature is the transformation of scientific and technological objects, natural conditions and laws restricting the breadth and depth of scientific and technological development; society and institutional ideology, organization, facilities restrict the development direction of technology; concerning about human development and value is the final destination of Marx and Engels thought of science and technology, when lost the subject of man, the study of science and technology on both impossible and pointless.The quality of open and inclusive in theoretical science and technology to make Marx and Engels thought until today still has a fresh vitality. They are thinking of Marx and Engels’s critique of science and technology inheritance of the various schools of contemporary western from different angles launched a social critique of science and technology. China is carrying out the socialist modernization, facing a lot of contradiction and pressure on a series of problems, such as ecological destruction, economic restructuring, moral decline and so on.Time calling appearances of technological ideas of Marx and Engels, which draw on the rational spirit, to avoid the negative effects of science and technology and to achieve the technological development care.