Marx’s Humanistic Thought And Its Contemporary Value

In the historical process of social development, man always playsan important role and the man, as an existing subject, is not only apusher but also a beneficiary of history development. Marx, as agreat tutor of the world proletariat, posts man as the foundation andterminal of his thoughts, while Satre, the existentialism philosopherin western countries, criticizes that there is an “Absence Space ofMan” in Marxism thoughts which focuses on object but man and thenconsiders that his existentialism has filled up this absence. Thispaper will certify that there is not only any such absence place butalso has abundant humanistic ideas in Marxism thoughts throughclarifying its formation and development process, relevant conceptsand theories as well as its characteristics of Marxism humanisticthoughts. As an indispensable constituent of Marxism theories,Marxism humanistic thoughts still owns profound and lasting guidingsignificance and important values.The paper contains five parts which are introduction, threechapters and conclusions：In the introduction, the paper demonstrates the meanings of thispaper and its main structure, then introduces the researching statusand the studying methods adopted in the paper and finally states theresearching innovations and deficiencies.The formation and development of Marxism humanistic thoughts inchapter ONE focuses on two parts: subjective and objective conditionsof Marxism humanistic thoughts and its formation and developmentprocess. Basing on the premise of subjective and objective conditionsthat foster the emergence of Marxism humanistic thoughts, thehistorical background and origin have been analyzed and the formationand development process has also been clarified in the terns ofgeneration, expansion, perfection and furtherance which reflects thedifferent understandings in the different periods.The main content of Marxism humanistic thoughts is embedded inthe Chapter TWO which contains two parts: concepts andcharacteristics, all of which demonstrate the content of Marxism humanistic thoughts systematically. The concepts of Marxismhumanistic thoughts contain two segments: realistic and historicalman as its logical premise and free and complete development of manas its logical approach, which make up the completeness of Marxismhumanistic thoughts. The paper also conducts comprehensivedemonstration towards criticism, perceptiveness, partialness andrevolutionary characters of Marxism humanistic thoughts on the basicof its concepts and theories in this chapter.The contemporary values of Marxism humanistic thoughts arecontained in the Chapter THREE which is the final objective of thisresearch. Basing on the above analysis and clarification, thecontemporary values of Marxism humanistic thoughts could be presentedin this chapter. This chapter could be divided into three parts: thehumanistic thoughts provides measurement of value for concept ofpeople-orientation which could be subdivided into two points——ensure the man’s dominations in historical development and theman’s importance in all activities of human beings; the humanisticthoughts provides important theoretical foundation for constructingharmonious socialist society which has been presented in the terms ofthe relationship among men, the relationship between man and societyand the relationship between man and environment; and the humanisticthoughts delivers profound guiding significance for buildingsocialism with Chinese characteristics, which means that thefundamental function of emphasizing economic development, thesignificances of building democratic politics, the importance ofcultural development and people’s qualities, the importance ofimproving people’s livelihood, and the meanings of buildingecological civilization shall all be attained much moreconsiderations when constructing socialism with Chinesecharacteristics.In the conclusion, the central arguments and main ideas of thisresearch have been summarized and deficiencies of the paper have alsobeen pointed out in the end.