Cultural Philosophy Of Karl Marx And Its Value

Cultural philosophy is the philosophy about the nature and law of culture.Marx’s cultural philosophy is an important part of Marx’s philosophy, the powerfulthought weapon of proletariat and the broad masses of people to understand culture,reform culture and construct culture. Marx critically absorbed the essence of humanthought history, especially modern European bourgeois culture and philosophy, andgradually established the Marx doctrine cultural philosophy. In the context ofglobalization, cultural philosophy has become the theme of world philosophy, andMarx cultural philosophy gained more and more attention from the academic circlesat home and abroad. The research on Marx’s thought of cultural philosophy is helpfulto promote cultural reform and cultural construction and realize the development andprosperity of socialist culture.The formation and development of Marx’s cultural philosophy roughlyexperienced four stages, including the enlightenment, initial formation, officialformation and rich development. Marx’s cultural philosophy is rich in content,including four parts, the cultural nature, cultural structure theory, theory of law andcultural power. Marx systematically expounded definition of culture, types of culture,law and motive force of the development and other fundamental aspects of culturalphilosophy, to form the cultural and philosophical system of proletariat. Marx’scultural philosophy thoughts is only scientific cultural philosophy, thus it still hasgreat guiding value in contemporary China. Marx’s cultural philosophy is thephilosophical foundation of cultural consciousness, important theory to enhance thecultural self-confidence, and the action guide to realize the cultural self-improvement.The innovation of this paper contains three points. It systematically summarizeshistory of Marx’s cultural philosophy; it initially constructs the interpretation systemof Marx’s cultural philosophy; it discusses the contemporary value of Marx’s culturalphilosophy in detail.