A Study Of Marx And Engels' View Of Cultural Motivation

Marx and Engels on the study of cultural power, create the kinetic of Marxist cultural theory. Knowing from the standpoint and attitude of cultural power, provides a new perspective of research on cultural issues; the interpretation of science and technology, the power of the ideology, cultural education and other ways provides a method to study cultural forces; the analysis of characteristics of cultural power and the mechanism of action provides valuable clues to play the role of culture in the realistic society.Marx and Engels on the research of cultural forces of philosophy are based on historical materialism and dialectics. Starting from historical materialism, Marx and Engels reveal the cultural dependence on the economy and the relative independence of culture itself. Marx had put the spirit of "dynamic" described as "the power behind the power". Engels on the basis of the productivity development level to determine the culture of the ancient society development course come to the conclusion that civilization is the sign of whole social progress. Culture is the flower of human thought under the influence of material production. Cultural power is not illusory stream of consciousness, but the social reality under the decision of production mode. Marx and Engels examines the cultural power in the views of contact, reveals the relationship of capital and the culture, the contact of labor and culture and the link of technological progress and culture. With the development of perspective, they examine and pursue cultural development pace. Rather than "to see the dust on the surface, the assurance to the layer of dust as a mysterious thing". Cultural power is reflect in the all kinds of social practice and mapping. However, the power of culture has the duality. The driving force of the advanced culture and the backward culture resistance are different significantly.Marx and Engels on the understanding of the ideological power are different from understanding of the old philosophers. From the falsity of the capitalist ideology, they analyzed the ideological discourse power and political leading function. The power expression of ideology has some conditions, which needs to further play the function of materialism argument, and applies it to the social practice. Science and technology is the most significant force in social development. It not only makes the modern big industry, but also cultivates the gravedigger of capitalism. Science promotes the areas such as economy, politics and social change and strengthens the social ties and historic exchanges of the world. Also further reveals the dialectical materialist nature of social development. It seems to Marx and Engels that Value system is the important embodiment of social cohesion and the important factors that affect social change. Different social value system is not the same. It is decided by the social mainstream ideology and mainstream ideology. In the capitalist society, the bourgeois values are the mainstream values. The values of the proletariat make the return to human itself and social human, open up broad prospects for human all-round development and social all-round development. Education is important way to cultivate and show the cultural force. Marx and Engels put education associated with the future development of the society, and emphasis that the aim of education is to productive labor ability, promote the proletarian revolutionary movement, and emphasize on man’s complete liberation and the significance of the free and comprehensive development. In their view, cultural education keeps the same pace with the future society."Every progress in culture is another step towards freedom."About the mechanism of the cultural power and expression, Marx and Engels think that the development of cultural power is under the attention of economic, political, and social. Culture is not independent variables, which is a whole process. Although individual culture quality also plays a role in the society, the size of the cultural force and the status of the cultural development are not marked by the achievement or level of a single person. It is dependent on the whole society. The same cultural property in different societies or in different periods of society is not the same impact on the society. And With the change of society and the change of the situation. Cultural power presents a complex state of change. The intrinsic power of culture is to grasp the situation of practical problems, is to understand the nature of the problem. The more close to the cultural essence, the more can reflect the origins of things, the greater influence will make. Especially when a kind of culture is closely related with the fate of the country and the people’s life, the force will be more significant. In the real society, the expression of cultural power depends on social practice." Activities and ideas in the history are’the masses’ideas and activities", every kind of culture form is the practice of experience or thoughts:the expression of cultural force is dependent on the material economic boost, the advanced ideas、 cultural resources and cultural facilities are great boost to the economy development. The expression of the cultural power cannot be separated from politics, and the state system has an important impact on ideological culture. However, in the political change, the great proletarian cultural motivation is not characterized by thick books, but a lot of materials close to the life.The footsteps of history have been far away. Marx and Engels’ cultural power don’t become stale in the passed time and lose vitality in the historical dusty, and don’t lose its charm by the Soviet mistakes in cultural construction thought, and don’t more lost glory because of the western Marx’s different ideological disputes. Although Marx and Engels culture motivation thoughts is the product of a certain period, there is no doubt on its basic importance and guiding significance and it is on the basis of the concept of Marx and Engels culture motivation that formed the Marxist cultural theory of power spectrum. The construction of China’s socialist cultural power, the inherent requirement of great development of socialist culture prosperity, the improvement of Cultural soft power, the formation of cultural consciousness, the construction of socialist core value system, the development of cultural industries and cultural undertakings, Which are included in theories of Marx and Engels culture power, are embodied in the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics.