Marx's Sublation Of Hegelian World History Theory And Its Contemporary Value

Marx's world history theory is adopted as the important criteria and principle to grasp the historical development as well as the indispensable part of the theoretical system of Historical materialism and scientific socialism. As a far-sighted philosopher, using the basic views of historical materialism, Marx predicted precisely on the basis of analysis of capitalistic industry that there is a worldwide tendency in the development of human society,which is the transition from parochial national history to wide world history. The transition is the process of people breaking through the regional constriction and overcoming various limitations to get complete liberation, the process of people perfecting themselves and developing living space to unite every nation in the world. However, this theory does not come into being without foundation, it is an outcome of inheritance and criticism of materials of world history theories left by predecessors, especially a revolutionary outcome of sublation of Hegelian world history theory.The essay tries to reveal the logic relations between Marx's world history theory and Hegelian world history theory in terms of formation of Hegelian world history theory, Marx's reconstruction of world history theory and the contemporary value of Marx's world history theory,aiming to grasp precisely the Marx's world history theory under new circumstance and Marx's world history theory's contemporary value.Part one:formation of Hegelian world history theory. It briefly states the influence of other world history theories before Hegelian world history theory. It states basic content of Hegelian world history theory from four aspects: world history is the outspread and realization of"reason"and"spirit", world history is an interrelated integration, reason and fervency constitute the latitude and longitude of world history development, the criteria of dividing the period is the state of free consciousness in space time. Finally it makes a whole summary of the reasonableness and limitations of Hegelian world history theory.Part two:Marx's reconstruction of world history theory. It states the sublation on Hegelian world history theory from five aspects: logic reversion of Hegelian world history ontology, heritance and criticism of thoughts of world history integration, reasonable sublation of Hegel's viewpoint about the motive force of the development of history, revolution of the criteria of dividing the period used by the Hegelian world history theory, and relate to Hegel's paradox about being close to person and exceeding to it. It proves that Marx exceeds Hegelian world history theory instead of simply peels off idealism attribute of Hegelian world history theory and brings brand new thoughts into it so as to reconstruct world history theory. In the end, the essay summarizes the main content of Mark's world history theory from five aspects.Part three:contemporary value of Marx's world history theory. The essay discusses contemporary value of Marx's world history theory in terms of socialism with Chinese characteristics under the perspectives of Marx's world history theory, the present demand of productivity's great-leap-forward development, integration of world history and construction of harmonious world. Marx's world history theory is still very powerful, useful and practical under the new world history background, helping us to recognize the history objectively with a world history view, leading rational social development.