The Basic Characteristics Of Marx's Concept Of Freedom And Contemporary Values

The pursuit of freedom is the lofty ideals of human and the internal valuable motivation of human life. All philosophical theory, ideology and culture, which reflect the requirements of history and embody the spirit of the times, can not avoid the philosophical meditation and theoretical exploration of the issue of human freedom. Nowadays, Humanity is in the era of globalization of the structural changes in social life. Contemporary China is not only experiencing the historic transition from tradition to modern, but also existing in vortex center of the long-term coexistence and competence between socialism and capitalism in the era of globalization, there are swarm with an unprecedented opportunity for Human survival, freedom and development, we are also facing an unprecedented hesitation and confusion, anxiety and depression. The enormous anxiety and depression based on the alternation of times and the bout between the systems have been increasingly transformed into a strong voice for freedom.At this moment, how can we be free? Where is our hope of existence freedom and where it will go? At the same time, verities of western liberalism are spreading in high speed, and they are increasingly becoming the culture wave sweeping across the world. Then, is it freedom that is the patent of the capitalism? Whether can socialism bring freedom, and it can take more freedom than capitalism? Does Marx have his own concept of the freedom? Where is the fundamental identify between the Marx′s concept of freedom and Bourgeois Liberalism? We must find out the answer.Marx′s concept of freedom is the theoretical system of Marx (Engels) which includes the root of human′s freedom, the essence of freedom, the basic content of freedom, the value function of freedom and the realization of freedom. The core issues of the entire system of the Marxist theory is to investigate the freedom and emancipation of the proletariat and the human in,using the historical materialism and basing on the deep structure and the internal contradictions in the social life.Based on the position of the ontology of Marxist historical materialism, this paper makes historical dialectics as method logic, the basic viewpoints and theoretical exposition of the root, basis, essence, value function and realization way of freedom of Marx (including Engles) as material basis. Its purport and thesis is to investigate, explore and describe the basic characteristics and the contemporary value of Marx′s concept of freedom. 1. It will study and define the essential connotation, formation logic and ontology foundation of Marx′s concept of freedom. 2. It will research, reveal and discuss the social reality, class regulation, historical concreteness, practical structural property and the inner logic of the Marx′s study of freedom. 3. Based on the inherent characteristics of the Marx′s concept of freedom, it will show the fundamental identify of the concept of freedom between Marx and the bourgeois, in order to demonstrate Marx′s concept of freedom as a scientific, a progressive nature, a historical transcendence and a valuable superiority than Western liberalism . 4. At last, It will analysis the contemporary values of Marx′s concept of freedom, in particular on the theoretical supporting value and the practical guiding significance for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.