Marx Happiness And Its Contemporary Value

Since ancient times, numerous of ancient thinkers and the general public take happy as their final aim. What is happiness, and how to achieve happiness, People who are in different economic and social environment, have different understanding on the issue of happiness, and thus formed a different view of happiness finally, the happiness of Marx the concept is one of the more outstanding representatives. In today’s market economy condition, the development of economy makes people greatly content in material things, but the people’s spiritual life does not get the same degree of improvement, and some even complain more and more unhappy. Material wealth was created by human beings to achieve happiness, but has now evolved into the forces of domination and rule themselves, the evolution of the adults in the pursuit of goals. Happiness of this evolution is the happiness of the "alienation" phenomenon. An important cause of alienation that people understand happiness deviation did not really understand the connotations of happiness, it is necessary to study the Marxist concept of happiness, in order to help people rebuild the scientific concept of happiness, thus promoting the development and the progress of society.Marx’s concept of happiness is developed based on the idea of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Bentham and Mill on happiness.it is labor practice as a source of human happiness, communist society, as for human beings to achieve happiness ideal society, that happiness is the unity of the material life and spiritual life, personal happiness and social well-being of the unified. Careful analysis of his theory of happiness, we found that he insisted on the basis of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, keep a revolution from the beginning to the end critical attitude to interpret the issue of happiness, for the service of the proletariat, a guide of all mankind theory of happiness. Thus, Marx’s concept of happiness is theoretical and practical value, and actively promotes the development and progress of society. Specific performance:favor the people to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values; help to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of the people; conducive to the spirit of collectivism; help people pursue the true happiness; conducive to people to transform and enrich their spiritual to their homes and help to guide the country to build a clean government.