Marx's Alienation Theory And Its Contemporary Inspiration

Each-time, the people have done the varying degree research from the different angle to the alienation, but truly the head of persons who established the alienation theory on the basis of scientific historical materialism, pushes Marx. Marx's alienation theory, that critically have inherited predecessor's alienation theory and combined his knowledge structure, social condition and social practice, was gradually formed. It has experienced from the early to the late development period of Marxist thought. Marx's alienation theory is the analysis product of the time society situation, but the theory for the phenomenon of modern society can also make some reasonable explanation. This article is basis of the analysis of the contents of the above-mentioned study formed.This article is divided into three parts.The first part elaborated the formation and development of the Marxist theory of alienation. First, it analyzed the main source of the theory of Marx's alienation theory, concluded Hegel's alienation concept, Feuerbach's alienation about people's nature and classical economist's economical alienation thought before Marx, and carried on the simple summary to their thought's characteristic, as well as the influence has carried on the analysis to Marx; then discussed the idea of Marx's alienation with the process of development, Marx advanced his own alienation theory for basing on inheritance, criticism, transformation of predecessors. Moreover, the alienation Marx's thought in his philosophy of existence is not an isolated static but a dynamic process of development, it passes through in the Marx historical materialism establishment entire process, along with the Marx thought that the theory mature and has the change unceasingly. This article is divided three times probably to the Marx alienation theory development's research; each time the work content takes by Representative Marx's key describes his thought. In his early works, alienation thought occupies central the status, that was the Marx thought in certain stage performance at that time, based on to this concept's research, has drawn out the important achievement, and caused the historical materialism the birth. In his later works, as a result of historical materialism's formulation, the alienation theory's function has been limited greatly, but it is been more substantial in this scientific conception of history's foundation.The second part introduced the understanding of domestic and foreign scholars to the Marx alienation theory. In the studies of the Marx alienation theory of the foreign scholars, Western Marxist is playing the important role. They are generally in the developed Western countries; certain the Western society as a rich material wealth, science and technology, a highly developed society, but also discovered the negative factors about people is not conducive to free and comprehensive development. Through analysis of these negative factors and critical reading, they inherited and developed the Marxist theory of alienation. The domestic scholar started to pay attention to the Marx alienation theory to begin in the 1980s. This time has published massively about the alienation question research work. Such as philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences edited "Marx and Engel Lenin Stalin Discuss Human Alienation Humanitarian", Renmin University of China edits "Marx Engel to discuss Human Nature, Humanitarianism and Alienation ", the Philosophy Department of Peking University Edit "Humanitarianism And Alienation Question Research", Professor Jin Huiming the work "Chats Alienation and Humanitarianism Question" and so on, Hu Qiaomu writes "about Humanitarianism And Dissimilation Question" had made the summary and the research to at that time the alienation question warm discussion.The third part elaborated the Marx alienation theory present age enlightenment and the modernity critique. On the basis of an analysis of the current problems of modern society and alienation situation, advance the Marx alienation theory in the contemporary significance. Today, Marx describes the alienation of workers labor and material life in the development of society as basically disappeared, but the alienation is to show the more form and content of the new, it appears in the production of people's livelihood every aspect of it difficult to prepare. Although the alienation phenomenon has the new manifestation under the new historic condition, and was different with the Marx times'criticizes the alienation phenomenon, but the vitality of the Marxist theory should not be from some of his specific conclusions, but comes from it to be rooted in person's practice transcendence and the creative critical spirit. This spirit has been integrated into the reality of the historical process; it is of Marx for the rationality of modern criticism and help people to more comprehensive and clear understanding of modernization, In particular, are consciously grasp the negative value, and practice in their own attention and overcome, or at least to weaken its influence in order to demonstrate the theory of Marxism at the current value and significance of the special.