From "Commodity Materialized" To "Individual Alienation"

Alienated Labor theory is youth Marx’s criticism of capitalist societyto implement the important theory achievement, the subsequent westernMarxist criticism in the developed capitalist society is still thecontinuation of the logic of Marx’s alienation theory. Lukas according toMarx’s the theory put forward his “materialization” theory, to furtherreveals the capitalist society of the materialization of human relation.With the development of capitalism and era background changed, thecritical perspective of western Marxist theorists have changed. With theadvancement of science and technology revolution, more and more newconsumption alienation is coming out behind many of the phenomenon.Combined with the two world wars to people’s hearts trauma, humanityhas been distorted. Through the prosperity of the developed capitalism and rich material life, the Frankfurt school of Marcuse and Frome foundbehind the new alienation, revealed a life in which people face the newsituation. Working class are out of Marx described “tortured” a physicalsuffering, mental images, but in the rich industrial society are controlledby the “general”. Along with the rise of a consumer society, people’sspiritual alienation is more serious, the extent of the rule of capitalismthrough the contemporary society greatly deepened.This article is divided into four parts, the first part mainly fromLukacs materialization theory, discusses the foundations of the theory ofsocial critique work role, he provides a new perspective for thesubsequent western Marxist study capitalism; The second part analysisthe Frankfurt school important representative Marcuse interprets thedistortion of human nature by developed industrial society; In the thirdpart Master expounds the psychological analysis of Fromm’s alienation inadvanced capitalist society from people’s inner world of the research; Thefourth part from the perspective of logic and history angle analysisbecause of the different time background, western Marxist theorists about alienation problem to investigate the causes of angle change. For thetheory visual angle and the analysis of transformation of problemconsciousness and research, can help us from a historical perspective tounderstand the development process of western Marxism, to the analysisfor the plight of the alienation of capitalism society people can also helpsolve some predicament of contemporary daily life.