Exploring Marx's Leisure Thoughts

With the rapid development of modern society,leisure has become a common topic that people are pursuing today.On the one hand,people's material living standards have been improved greatly.On the other hand,in the fast-paced life of modern society,people put forward higher demands on leisure.Therefore,digging and exploring Marx's leisure thinking has important practical significance and value for us to understand and carry out modern leisure life correctly.Marx's leisure thought is an integral part of Marxist theory.This paper reveals the Marxist leisure ideology system from the following aspects: First,it gives a good overview of Marx's previous Western leisure ideas.In ancient Greece,leisure was a source of true happiness and happiness.It is also an important value pursuit of Marx's leisure thinking.In the Middle Ages and modern times,leisure was marked by a marked era.The alienation of leisure of the working class and the capitalist became the most direct and realistic source of the exploration of Marx's leisure ideology.Second,it is investigate the development process of Marx's leisure thinking.It sorts out the process of the initiation,formation,and enrichment of Marx's leisure ideas clearly.In the begining,Marx's leisure thoughts were mainly focused on the criticism of “alienation labor” and the conception of an ideal society in the future.In the formation stage,the connotation of Marx's leisure thoughts is further enriched,at the same time,it continues to highlight the role of man and the role of social development.In the prosperous period,Marx's leisure thinking has risen to the free and comprehensive development of human beings and the free and self-conscious life state process.Third,it is constructed the basic content of Marx's leisure thinking comprehensively from four aspects.According to the comprehensive analysis of Marx's leisure thoughts,it can be concluded that leisure is a social history category.The basic premise of leisure is free time.Leisure is the space for human development.And the purpose of leisure is the free and full development of human beings.Finally,the paper expounds the contemporary value of Marx's leisure thinking from theory and reality aspects.From the theoretical perspective,it enriches the integrity of Marxist theory and provides a guide for people to establish a correct way of leisure.At the reality level,it provides practical guidance for the development of contemporary science,technology and culture,and provides a value coordinate forthe people's good life in the new era.