The Rostow Economic Growth Stage Theory Of Criticism

Since the philosophy of this subject have been, a lot of ancient and modern philosophers have started from a different perspective on the study of human society, and in these theories, Marxist philosophy is scientifically reveals the law of development of human society, for human complete liberation of the road, so since its formation has won the praise of countless people, of course, received wide acclaim at the same time, there are some people's views and ideas of Marx opposed. This is one of the famous American economic historian W·W·Rostow is a typical representative. His masterpiece, "Stages of Economic Growth," the subtitle "non-Communist Manifesto" is directly Marxist theory and ideological challenges.Rostow through in-depth study of economic growth theory, the author believes that Rostow's theory of social development stage of our knowledge and power and other aspects of social development has provided some useful insights, can Nevertheless, we can clearly see, Rostow with a Cold War mentality way of thinking so that he can not really understand that the scientific content of Marxist theory and depth and, thus, not a scientific evaluation of Marxist theory. However, objectively speaking, Rostow's theoretical ideas are indeed part of the country people, making them adhere to the terms of the guiding role of Marxism had shaken the scientific nature of Marxism had some doubts. Based on this, this article attempts to critically interpret from a philosophical point of Rostow's stage theory of economic growth in order to achieve a deeper understanding of the theory that the purpose of scientific content of Marxist theory, but also more deeply, the scientific understanding of Marxist theory in China's modernization great significance, which in the actual work and life, do not blindly copying Western theories and models of development, from the reality of China, adhere to the socialist road with Chinese characteristics.This article is from a philosophical perspective with Rostow's stage theory of economic growth, mainly divided into the following three aspects were discussed.The first part is to introduce the Rostow stages of economic growth, the background.Rostow's stage theory of economic growth has generated a specific historical context and theoretical sources, the theory generated in the two camps led by the US-Soviet Cold War era, which inevitably has the Cold War way of thinking, his theory of the deep by the German Historical School, the U.S. school system, Keynesian economics and the Schumpeterian innovation theory.The second part is to introduce the stages of economic growth, the main point of view. The stages of economic growth, division and its "take off" theory, he divided into six stages of economic growth, namely:traditional society stage, the preparation phase before take-off, take-off stage, mature stage, the high mass consumption stage, the pursuit of quality of life stage, his "off" theory is an important part of his theory, had an important influence, therefore, this article on its "off" theory to explain the system.The third part is the perspective of Marxist philosophy on the critical stage theory of economic growth, but also the focus of this article. Mainly in the form of Marxist Theory and Marxist social theory perspective on the modern stage of economic growth theory and critical thinking to a more profound understanding of Rostow's stage theory of economic growth and the limitations of the scientific nature of Marxist philosophy, which the focus of this paper.