Studies Of Marx’s Consciousness About History

Historical Materialism and Theory of Surplus Value are two major theorycontribution of Karl Marx’s life,"Consciousness about History" is an importantstarting point of his historical materialism, it is based on the criticism of the pasthistorical theory, in particular of German classical philosophy of history, it’s the priordimension of Marx’s construction about the historical theory. Of course, the formationof "Consciousness about History" has gone through a process, which is the processthat Marx’s thought mature gradually. Marx’s "Consciousness about History " includefour aspects: First, it represents a historical awareness, includes actively history intothe theory extent, and make history to become the object of theory; Second, itemphasizes the human being’s status of historical subject, and pointed out that thissubject’s status is created by real people’s production practice, people play a role inhistorical subject through the class which is formed in relations of production; Third,it represents a progressive insight, takes a positive construction of attitude tonowadays and the future, and earnestly practice to create the human’s future; Fourth, itis the point of the formation of self-consciousness, and an important theoreticalweapon for achieving human liberation. The content of "Consciousness aboutHistory" determines the great penetrating power in theory and practical function, it isthe important theoretical point that we understand the reality, is the intermediaryabout self-consciousness into class-consciousness. More importantly, by examiningof Consciousness about History, the questions on freedom have the dimension ofreality and history, freedom and development for all mankind also have the realpossibility.China’s socialist construction and reform have come into the key point of thehistory. Nowadays, a major problem which society is confronted with is how to reflectthe history, correctly understand some historical issues since the founding of NewChina, especially reform and opening, and how, on the basis of above things, tocondense the reform’s common view, to promote the deepening development ofreform. With Marx’s theory of history, using Consciousness about History tore-examine this problem, it can bright some extent enlightenment in how to solve theproblems and establish the route of future about Chinese modernization.