The Irrational In The Social And Historical Development

The thesis analyzes and elaborates the dialectical relation between the rational and irrational on the basis of man's existence and mankind's spiritual development, from the viewpoints of integration of history and theory ,and employing the stances, viewpoints, and methodology of Marxism philosophy, thus it overcomes the common drawbacks of the traditional rationalism and irrationalism .From the effects of the irrational in the social and historical development ,the thesis explains the effect of the irrational factors such as desire ,emotion and so on.The thesis consists of three sections .The first section clarifies the irrational concept and its major features; The second section analyzes the relation between the irrational and rational ; The third section talks of the effects of the irrational factors in the history.