A Study On Marx's Thought Of Technology

A study on Marx's thought of technology is the theoretical foundation for the research on the contemporary philosophy of technology. Marx's point of view on machine occupies a primary and fundamental position in his entire thought of technology. By analyzing the prerequisite for the origination of machine, the motivation and process of its development, Marx reveals the process and the law in the modern development of technology, points out the source and force of the development of technology, and explains the characteristic of the modern technology. Moreover, by analyzing the society consequence cased by the application of machine, he reveals the social function of technology and its connection with production and society. Finally, by analyzing the use of machine in capital society, he reveals the essence of capitalist production.The author refines and summarizes the basic content of Marx's thought of technology by analyzing Machine. Nature Force and the Application of Science .Through the comparison, the author contrasts the differences between Marx's thought of technology and thoughts of other philosophers. The author discusses the primary content of Marx's thought of technology by the application of the productive forces theory, the labor theory of value, the surplus value theory, the natural forces theory and the organic composition of capital theory. The author also unifies the content of Marx's other related works in the process of elaborating so as to make the elaboration more detailed. The paper mainly contains three parts. The first part introduces the background and the development venation of Marx's thought of technology. It also reveals the purpose why Marx writes Machine. Nature Force and the Application of Science and discusses the research situation of Marx's thought of technology. The second part elaborates the basic content of Marx's thought of technology from the aspect of the technical essence, the social function, the capital application and the ethical value, highlighting the viewpoint that Marx regards technology as a social system. The third part discusses the historical position and the contemporary value of Marx's thought of technology on the foundation of its newest achievement.Although Marx's thought of technology is limited by the time he lived and has not separated from his whole thought, its penetrating judgment and foresight have a great significance in theory and practice for research. The Marx's thought of technology occupies a key position in the Marxism theory, which has great value for our cognition of the technical society criticism, the comprehensive development of human and technology as well as the research on the contemporary philosophy of technology.