The Gain And The Loss Of William H Shaw's Theory Of Technology Determinism

The analytic Marxism is a kind of "Marxist philosophy" which appeared in the European and American academia in the late 1970 s.The analysis of Marxism used analytical philosophy methodology tools to explain the theory of Marxism and put forward some creative,original opinions.As Cohen said the "clarity and accuracy" of analytical philosophy made Marxism "tenable history".And Marx's historical materialism was ultimately explained by William Shaw as technological determinism,which was a form Marx himself could understand.Through the systematic analysis and criticism of William Shaw's thought,we can clearly see that this interpretation of William Shaw for Marx's historical materialism is a misreading.We should give technology determinism of William Shaw objective,comprehensive and historical inspection,and you will see the true doctrine of Marx.The structure of this paper begins with the first chapter to introduce the rise of the analytical school and their methodologies used in explaining Marx's historical theory,state the theoretical intent of combining the analytical methods with Marxism,and clarify the traditional humanism of Marxism and the theoretical determinism of the 20 th century that provided a theoretical background for the analytical school.The second chapter mainly analyzes the dialectical relationship between productivity and production relations.William Shaw believes that we should regard productivity as the decisive factor for the development of history.By answering what is productivity,productivity determines what,how to decide,and why decisions,it also explains what is the essence of Marx's historical theory.William Shaw finally interpreted Marx's historical theory as "technical determinism",which was based on the view of primitive status and primacy of productive forces.The third chapter is the interpretation of the "technological determinism".The primacy of productivity is if can be interpreted as technological determinism and this narrow understanding is whether or not interfere with the Marxist theory of ship sailing.Only through the overall and thorough understanding of Marx's theory can we keep away from the erroneous zone of technological determinism.At the end of the paper we give William Shaw's technical decision point of view systematic analysis and correct.This article takes William Shaw 's criticism for Marxist historical materialism as a technical determinism to clarify that it is wrong to put Mars as a technological determinist.There is a dialectical relationship between technological progress and the development of human society.He put the historical materialism as a material,empirical scientific theory,which lacks the dialectical perspective.The progress of technology has undoubtedly had a significant effect on social production,but the social development of humanities,spiritual values,system and other factors in turn would have an impact on technology.