Needs Of Man And Its Significance In Building A Well-off Society In An All-round Way

Needs is a basic category in the field of Marxist materialism, however, it has long been neglected or misinterpreted in our country. Need, as one basic problem of social theories, must be attached enough importance to.Needs of man, produced and created on the basis of practice, is taken as the needs of the master. It reflects the increasingly rich conditions for people's living and development in practical activities and people's desire for this kind of condition. The contradiction between man's needs and real world is the motive cause for people to be engaged in practical activities and thus promote the advancement and development of human society. It includes two levels: the contradiction between man's needs and nature; the contradiction between man's needs and society. Of the two, the contradiction between man's needs and nature is the most basic aspect and it is the motive cause for people to carry out practical activities constantly and thus provide material base for the development of the society. The contradiction between man's needs and society is the aspect of the second level, and it encourages people to defend or reform the economic basis, the superstructure and other aspects of practical activities of the society, and thus propel the society forward. The settlement of the contradiction between man's needs and society provides necessary social conditions for the settlement of the contradiction between man's needs and the outside world. The contradiction between man's needs and real world should be settled in man's practical activities. The effect of men's needs in the development of the society is the unity of limited and unlimited effect. The superiority of man's occupying the leading position in the society reflects the orientation and requirement of the further development of man's practical activities. And it also restrains the orientation of social development.This paper, through systematic analysis of man's needs theory, expounds and comprehends Marxist man's needs theory. It closely combines the needs of man, the needs of man's all-round development and the great practices of building a well-off society in an all-round way together. Regarding the defending of the broad people's basic interests and the satisfying of the broad people's increasing material and cultural needs as the departure point and home of building a well-off society in an all-round way, carrying out the scientific development outlook of taking man as subject, we try hard to bring about a well-off society in an all- round way in which man's all-round development is taken as the final aim, the whole masses of people get benefits, and all aspects, such as economy, politics, culture, and ecology, are involved.