Marx’s Criticism Of Capital Logic And The Construction Of China’s Mainstream Ideology

In the macro social structure,historical materialism outlines the "position map" of the economic foundation,political superstructure,and conceptual superstructure.The economic foundation is at a decisive basic level.The superstructure of politic and concept co-exist in the superstructure.From the perspective of historical materialism,as an integral part of the "conceptual superstructure",ideology is clearly marked with its inhabited location and the attributes it determines.As a new world outlook,historical materialism not only contributed to the reform of philosophical views and ways of thinking,but also "remould" the theory of ideology,which promotes the profound reform of elucidating the "ontology" of ideology,criticizing the theoretical horizon of ideology and constructing the basic orientation of ideology.The ontological foundation of any ideology and ideology system "is rooted in the material life relationship." Marx’s theory of ideology takes the materialist conception of history as its ideological weapon,roots the logical starting point for elucidating ideology,and the basic dimension of critical ideology in the "broad material production and living fields".Through in-depth anatomy of capitalist material production,it is traced back in detail It explains the production process of the capitalist ideology,values and discourse system,and explains the inherent contradictions and self-negative laws of the logic movement of capital,and reveals the root defects of the capitalist system pried open by the movement of capital logic as material force.Provided a political economic argument for the basic assertion of historical materialism that "capitalism will inevitably die and socialism will inevitably triumph," allowing socialism to appear scientifically.Marx’s criticism of capital logic and the appearance of scientific socialism are the same theoretical process.Scientific socialism is based on the criticism of capital logic.The theory of the essence of socialism is mainly compared with capitalism in the field of political economy.”It defines socialism by answering questions such as the structure and proportion of private ownership and public ownership,the relationship between market economy and the role of government,"capital dominates labor" and distribution according to work.The development of socialism in our country should also go beyond the fundamental material force that opens the capitalist system-capital logic,construct corresponding institutional logic,social logic,etc.to regulate "capital" and "market" to show its own practical power and world historical significance;In the construction of socialist ideology,China should also thoroughly dissect its own "material life relations",develop socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics,and explain the important ideological topic of the socialist attribute of "Chinese road" in the criticism of political economy.Socialism with Chinese characteristics adheres to the combination of the basic principles of scientific socialism and concrete reality,breaks through the dogmatic shackles of realizing and understanding the logic of capital and market economy,and draws on the civilized achievements created by capitalism in a practical and realistic manner,centering economic construction and developing a market economy,actively opening to the outside world,actively docked with the capitalist production system,and under the guidance of mainstream ideology,multiple forces such as "capital logic" and "market mechanism" were reasonably embedded in the economic field,complementing the "government role" to promote the development of socialist productive forces.But the logic of capital is embedded in the field of socialism with Chinese characteristics,creating many ideological issues.First,the logic of capital itself is a highly controversial ideological issue.It is linked to ideological discourses such as private ownership,capitalist production methods,neoliberalism,etc.,and it has voiced doubts about the attributes of socialism with Chinese characteristics into huge public opinion field.The mainstream ideology of contemporary China must positively answer the attributes of capital logic,theoretically explain its relationship of compatibility and self-consistency with socialism,demonstrate the possibility,reality and necessity of the operation of capital logic,renounce the thought which simply oppose the socialism with Chinese characteristics against the logic of capital,get rid of the stereotypes of dogmatism,and eliminate the illusion of paradoxical blending of the two.Second,the embedding of capital logic as a "material production movement" has triggered the changes of China’s economic and social structure,leading to profound transformations in the economic foundation on which mainstream ideology depends.The capital logic movement is accompanied by a "spiritual production movement" within certain limits dominated the ideological production,derives ideological tributaries and values that reflect the will of capital,coincides with ideological propositions of neoliberalism,promotes the spread of capitalist “universal values”,and dissolves mainstream ideology and mainstream values in China.Third,the logic of capital and market mechanism "disembeding" to the fields of politics,culture and other fields.The trend is to give place to the ideological attributes of other fields to the "capital attributes." The materialized principle of capital logic shapes“philosophy of things” and various fetishism,“disenchants” and secularizes the noble ideals and values of mainstream ideology,and strips away the humanistic spirit and emotional care of our mainstream ideology.The logic of existence under the domination of the logic of capital gives rise to the egoism behavior and thinking mode,the thought of pursuing profit infects the background of people’s consciousness.Profit-seeking thoughts invade the background of people’s consciousness and seriously squeeze the thought space for the construction of mainstream ideology.Fourth,in the era of capital globalization,socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,and at the same time is at the intersection of the era of "a century of unprecedented changes".The struggle between capitalist ideology and socialist ideology has evolved in depth.Socialism with Chinese characteristics Doctrine has become the greatest heterogeneous force in the narrative of capitalist ideology.The logic of capital underpins the hegemony of the discourse of capitalist ideology,and takes "capital-interest" as the drive shaft to penetrate ideology,export the system,and practice tailoring to socialism,and drive Western values,lifestyles,and ways of thinking towards people’s daily life and the spread of thinking which has eroded the social foundation of China’s mainstream ideology.At the same time,Marx pointed out that "capital is a contradiction." The ideological effect brought by capital logic is also multiple,and it has a "civilized side" to China’s mainstream ideology.While promoting the reform of China’s mainstream ideology and its "economic foundation",it also forces China’s mainstream ideology to carry out self-adjustment reform.The capital logic has the magic power to promote the rapid development of productivity,help to improve economic development performance,condense economic resources,consolidate the material foundation of China’s mainstream ideology construction,and provide an "economic path" for the construction of ideology;Issue value trends that reflect capital and interests.Some of these values reflect the development requirements of China’s socialist market economy and provide corresponding "ideological materials" for the construction of China’s mainstream ideology.In short,the logic of capital brings a whole set of "paradigms of change",triggering adjustments and reforms in China’s economic and social structure,interest relations,and values.Different economic components are competing for development,and economic subjects and interest demands are constantly dividing,reflecting the ideas of different interest relations.The increasing diversification of values has led to China’s "social ideology and value orientation becoming increasingly active,mainstream and non-mainstream coexisting at the same time,and social thoughts are turbulent." Marx pointed out that "the disintegration of a certain ideology is enough to destroy the entire era." Under the impact of capital logic,we urgently need to strengthen the construction of mainstream ideology,give full play to the initiative of socialist ideology,regulate the movement of capital logic,promote the coordinated development of various economic forces,expand common interests,consolidate value consensus,and guide multiple consciousnesses Form tributary and diversified value thoughts.Marx realized the capitalist ideology critique of thoroughness by capital logic,and contribute to the theory of ideological criticism transformations,which established the political economics paradigm of ideological criticism."Ontology Base",tracing the practice roots and realistic basis of generating ideology,unifies the "original" critique and the "copy" critique,the critique path and the construction path.First,we must return to our "original" in constructing mainstream ideology,regulate the delocalization of capital logic and market mechanisms at the level of production practice,and limit the impact of the "profit-seeking" movement on mainstream ideology to a certain range;We will consolidate the dominant position of socialist public ownership and consolidate the realistic foundation of mainstream ideology;We will take the value goal of socialist common prosperity with the concept of "shared" development and regulate the negative effects of the principle of logical allocation of capital.Second,we must extend the endogenous experience gained in the development of society with Chinese characteristics,establish value standards based on our own practice measurement and judgment,and firmly grasp the ideological leadership and discourse power.Lead the capital logic and the value ideology derived from the market economy with the socialist core values;"People-centered development thinking" guides the tendency of capital logic subjectivity,construct and nurture the consciousness of the community of human destiny and improve the international discourse of our ideology to regulate the hegemony of capitalist discourse.Third,it should change the path dependence of political forces in the past to construct ideology,and make use of the economic and social paths released by the capital logic and the market mechanism movement to promote the integration of values through the integration of interests,guarantee and improve people’s livelihood,strengthen social construction and consolidate the social foundation of mainstream ideology.Fourth,integrating the experience and value gained from regulating capital logic and constructing ideology into the overall layout of the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics,which strengthens institutionalization and structural construction,and improves the economic governance system.From "forms of ownership","Market mechanism","mode of distribution" and other aspects of the practical orientation of capital logic and its market mechanism,from a fundamental institutional level to implement the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology,we provide institutional guarantee for China’s mainstream ideology construction.