Marxist Consumption Theory And Contemporary Value

Consumption is an important problem in people’s lives; it can notonly meet the needs of the people, but also promote the development ofeconomy. But in recent years, consumption in China has been in the low rate ofconsumption, consumption inequality and a large backlog of goods and a series ofphenomena, so that consumption not only can not effectively meet the needs ofpeople, but also become a bottleneck restricting China’s economic growth. Marx’sconsumption theory holds that the first consumption is the basis for human survivaland development, should meet the needs of the people. Secondly, the consumption is animportant link in the social reproduction; the reasonable consumption canpromote social production, thereby stimulating economic growth. Finalconsumption with the development of society, its ultimate aim is to promote human’sfreedom and full development. Review the Marx’s consumption, both for us tosolve the problems existing in the consumption field, but also has important theoreticaland practical significance for the development of economic and peopleMarx’s consumption theories are Marx’s whole works. It is based on inheriting theclassical economist’s consumption theory, based on the criticism of capitalistsociety, the consumption and production, consumption and alienation, consumption andconsumption capacity and new consumption to describe their own consumptiontheory. Reviewing Marx’s consumption theory has great significance to solvethe value of our current problems in the field of consumption. Marx’s consumptionand production theory is of great value for us to solve our commodity relativesurplus problem and a series of problems, consumption and the theory of alienation ishelpful for us to establish a correct concept of consumption, and promote the all-rounddevelopment of people; the productive forces theory helps us solve consumptioninequality, consumption problem; industry development of the service consumer can optimize the structure of our country, promote the economic development of our country.The idea of writing this article is starting with the origin and development course fromMarx’s consumption theory, and summarizes the main content of Marx’s consumptiontheory, and with Marx’s consumption theory as the instruction, in view of thecurrent problems in the field of consumption in China, put forward suggestions to solvethese problems, to play the contemporary value of Marx consumption theory, meet thepeople needs, promoting China’s economic, cultural and human all-round development.This paper is divided into four parts to the contemporary value of Marx’sconsumption theory is discussed. The first part: a literature review. Including thesignificance of the research, analysis of the present situation and the research methodand content. The second part: the thought origin and development process of theformation of Marx consumption theory. The third part: from the perspective ofMarx’s classic text, the main content of Marx’s consumption theory aresummarized. The fourth part: discusses the contemporary value of development Marx’stheory of consumption at the present stage of consumption idea in our country economyand the all-round development of people.