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Rethinking On The Thought Of Inevitability Of Socialism In Engels' Later Years

Posted on:2010-08-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J DuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360272999842Subject:Scientific Socialism and the international communist movement
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In the later two decades of the 19th century, capitalism entered the stage of monopoly capitalism, the international communist movement was confronted with the internal divisions and external challenge dilemma. Engels's theoretical activity in this period , especially his consider in-depth about the inevitability of socialism, leaving a model of using materialist dialectics to promote Marxism.On the one hand, Engels, according to new political and economic conditions on the international communist movement in terms of strategy adjustments. Engels pointed out that even though with the results of new scientific and technological revolution and globalization to promote capitalism in its economic relations, social relations has made some adjustments and improved fresh new vitality, but it does not change its essence of capitalism . Capitalist development and improvement, but also the international monopoly capital with the general trend of global expansion of the international communist movement had a dramatic impact. Engels rethink about the strategy of socialist revolution, including the status of the legitimate struggle ,and the future characteristics of the socialist new prediction is proposed. These views are still valuable nowadays.On the other hand, Engels made a dialectical expansion on the relevant conclusions of historical materialism based on new facts . Engels pointed out that history is a dialectical process of development, new changes of capitalism are not isolated or occasional disorderly situation, but contact with each other, and it is an objective process which follow the law; the emergence of socialism is the inevitable development of capitalism .Socialism is not to people's will but is bound to the history, people will continuously deepen their understanding of objective law based on new facts. These enriched and developed the idea of historical materialism and scientific socialism ,and supplied a scientific epistemology to judge the inevitability of socialism.Emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts are the banners of China's reform policy and they develop with the process of Sinicization of Marxism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Practice has fully proved that it is the right choice to lead china's socialism construction by" ways of Engels in his later years".
Keywords/Search Tags:capitalism, socialism, inevitability, Engels' later years
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