Marx Ideology Theory And Its Contemporary Significance

Marx’s ideology theory is an important component of his philosophyand one key to comprehend Historical materialism. Marx revealed thedialectic relations between people’s consciousness and social beingand expounded ideology’s real practice foundation by criticizedYoung Hegelians represented by Hegel’s and Feuerbach with concretesocial practice activities. And on that basis, Marx also analysed someproblems penetratingly such as the need of the people and division,class struggle. Then he reached a conclusion: ideology was conceptperformance of ruling class’s benefit and will which revealed thesophistry in ideology profoundly and pointed out ideology’s function as“soft state machine”.Marx’s ideology theory is the imporatant guiding ideology ofCommunist revolutionary movement and the scientific theory whichhad revealed The capitalist ideology. With the development ofCapitalist economy, The capitalist ideology spread wantonly in thewhole world. Bourgeoisie, using the universal values as a cover andfreedom, human rights as an excuse, interfere in other countries’sinternal affairs everywhere and seek for their own profit. As a socialistcountry guided by Marxist, we must research Marx’s ideology theorydeeply and build the socialism ideology and lead our people to go thescientific development road.This dissertsion is divided into three chapters:Part One steps back the thought origin and logical course of Marx’sideology theory. First of all, I will Explain the concept of ideology wasborn; Second, Iwill expound the thought origin of Marx’s ideologytheory; Third, I will expound the social historical conditions and logicalcourse about the formation and development of Marx’s ideologytheory.Part Two expound the specific content of Marx’s ideology theory.First, ideology doesn’t have absolutely independent history; Second,ideology is the class consciousness of ruling class; Third, ideology hascriticalness; Four, Ideology has the significance of cultural carrier.Part Three analyze the contemporary meaning about the researchof Marx’s ideology theory. First of all Marx’s ideology theory can providea theory for constructing the socialist’s core value system; SecondMarx’s ideology theory can provides a theoretical orientation forbuilding an advanced socialist culture. Third, Marx’s ideology theorycan provide a theory for response to wrong ideological trend; Four,Marx’s ideology theory can also to handle foreign relations in Chinaunder the background of globalization provides a theoreticalperspective.