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Study The "Philosophical Context" Of "Das Kapital"

Posted on:2014-07-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C C ZhouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330401463797Subject:Basic principles of Marxism
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This article is an attempt to explain the theory of Marxism context from a philosophicalpoint. From Marx’s magnum opus "Das Kapital", the paper analyzes Philosophy inEconomics and grasp the philosophic foothold in the writing process.Period of writing "Das Kapital", Marx’s economical thought and philosophy bothreached a mature stage."Das Kapital" reflects the integrity of the research ideas of Marx andbeing the commanding heights of the theoretical level. Philosophy and Economics areinextricably linked in this book. However, for a long time, most people summarized thephilosophy in "Das Kapital" as philosophical sense, etc. These concepts can not embody thecritical role of the philosophy. In this case, this paper uses the concept of "PhilosophicalContext" to emphasize the philosophy that has overarching and ultimate character. And then italso illustrate "Das Kapital" was written at an entire philosophy perspective. In a word, thestudy of Political Economics is a part of the process of entire philosophy study to Marx. Fromthe appearance, Marx makes "Capital" as the main theme throughout "Das Kapital". Indeed,he also shows his critical stance and clear foothold in this book. In conclusion,the intent ofthe Critique of Political Economy is giving a last strike to the capitalist class in the theoreticalaspects. By systemic analyzing the process of capital production and circulation, Marxillustrates the social and class relations of capitalism and reproduces the changes in the lifehistory of the development of capitalist society. His purpose of doing so is to find the road ofhuman liberation through the anatomy of the social reality. In this way, the path and goal ofthis research is philosofhy."Philosophical Context "is a new term, so the article explains it first.This term shows usthe global philosophical thinking and humanism of Marx. Next, this paper demonstrates why"Das Kapital" has philosophical context form the writer’s motivation, purpose and discussionof future generations with the methods such as literature reading. The main part of the articleis a textual analysis of "Das Kapital", mainly from the aspects of historical materialism,dialectics and philosophical value-oriented. In the process of researching production in thesociety of capitalism, and the relations fit it, Marx stripped all the cloud cover with HistoricalMaterialism. He also uses dialectic method of analysis to expose the essence of the capitalist system. He criticized the current all. In the course of study, Marx’s philosophy ofvalue-oriented also runs through, he emphasizes that his theory must serve people especiallythe workers. He insists his humanistic care and locates the purpose to achieve the all-rounddevelopment of human freedom.Analyzing "Das Kapital" from "Philosophical Context", mining the starting point andgoal of the creation of Marxist economic theory and understand classical writer’s purpose hasrealistic guiding significance. In the current, the logic of capital causes exploitationmechanisms’ global expansion and universality copy. It also brings the human society into thehigh incidence of social financial risks. The Paradox of the Logic of Capital also bring theinstrumental rationality flooding.People are ruled by the object they created. Facing variousphenomena, we must seek from the Marxist philosophy, make it the guidelines of economicand social development.In a real sense, we should focus on the rational use of capital and theimportance of the role and value of workers. Only doing so can we make the developmentwithout departing from the initial target.
Keywords/Search Tags:Das Kapital, Philosophical Context, Philosophical Critique, The Paradox ofthe Logic of Capital
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