The Concept Of Productivity Of Marx’s And Its Study Of Significance In The Contemporary Era

Productivity is an important category of Marxist philosophy. But in his theory works, Marx did not have done a clear definition on the concept of productivity. Although both the foreign and domestic academic circles made extensive and in-depth exploration of the Marx’s concept of productivity, but the specific understanding about Marx’s concept of productivity, but there are different levels of misunderstood and distorted about the specific understanding of Marx’s concept of productivity. That is mainly manifested in many of them seldom explore the rich connotation of the concept of productivity with the development of human. Nowadays, the liberation and development of the productive forces become the important subject of social development, especially the fundamental task is to build the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, to contact the development of people to interpret and understand Marx’s concept of productivity has important theoretical significance and practical significance.This article discusses from four the following levels:(1) The historical background and the theoretical origin of the concept of productivity of Marx’s. Capitalist production promote to the development of social productive forces and the resulting social progress, Which is put forward and elaborate the historical context of productivity problems. Classical political economics had defined and interpreted the concept of productivity, especially the concept of soil productivity to Quesnay, Smith and Ricardo’s concept of labor productivity, Liszt spiritual productivity concept, constitute the Marx’s productivity is put forward and explain the theoretical sources of productivity.(2) The internal logic of forming Marx’s concept of productivity. The perfection of Marx’s concept of productivity has a historical process. The internal logic of forming Marx’s concept of productivity embodied in:first of all, depending on the philosophy principle, viewing the productivity as a man of practice activity; Secondly, interpreting the productivity as the basis of and the decisive force of social material production mode in accordance with the height of the Historical Materialism of Marx’s; Finally, from a perspective of the critique of political economy, to explore the internal constituent elements of productivity and its relationship with the specific social form (capitalism), and in the way to understand relations of unity of opposites about human development and productivity development.(3) The connotation and essence of Marx’s concept of productivity. Marx’s productivity concept includes three levels of meaning:production capacity of human; the creative ability in the production activities; the way of common activities. The essence of Marx’s concept of productivity that emphasis on material productivity is the decisive factor of historical development, and emphasizes the intrinsic factors of people is the first productivity and the development of people is the ultimate goal of productivity development.(4) The contemporary significance of Marx’s concept of productivity. Marx’s concept of productivity regarded the human development as the connotation of the development of material productivity, which has important theoretical significance and practical significance. Its theoretical significance lies in the fact that strongly against and criticism for people that leave the development of people only understand the productivity growth for pure material wealth in the wrong idea provides a powerful theoretical weapon; under the new historical conditions, for people to interpret the basic principles of historical materialism have provided new entrance; for all modern Chinese accurately understand and grasp the concept of scientific development provides the instructional principle. Its practical significance lies in providing the methodology instruction to people in the liberation and development of the productive practice, insist on the unification of the economic development and people’s development, adhere to the unity of the productivity development level and speed.