Research On The Thought Of Modern Productivity Of Marx And Engels' And Its Practical Value

The thought of modern productivity is an essential content of historical materialism,and exploring Marx and Engels' modern productive forces is beneficial to enrich Marxist productive forces theory.Modern society is a history of industry and commerce,and modern productivity is the core driving force of the whole society.The philosophical term of "modern productivity" represents an era that began in the period of the mode of production of large-scale machinery industry and has continued to this day.With the handicraft industry was replaced by the large industry,the productivity has developed at an unprecedented speed.At this time,the productivity is different from that of all previous generations.The modern productivity mentioned in Marx's text is based on decades of industrial and commercial history.This kind of destructive productivity is called modern productivity by Marx and Engels.According to the third wave by American futurist Alvin Toffler,human society has experienced the first wave of agricultural era and the second wave of industrialization era.Since the 1950s,human society has experienced the third wave and entered the information age.Toffler's division of human society is based on production tools.Production tools are the manifestation of productivity.In the industrial revolution,the materialized form of modern productivity is machine industry while in the information age,the symbol of modern productivity is science and technology.The history of the development of human society is a history of production,which is the result of the continuous change of productivity and production relations.Modern productivity is historical and developing,and it evolves according to the historical regular of human society.This paper starts from the historical concept of modernity,industrial history and commercial history,and studies the modern productivity of Marx and Engels from the perspective of the transformation of production tools.From the industrial revolution to the new round of industrial revolution in the 21st century,modern productivity has made profound changes in the way of production,exchange,life and thinking of human beings.With the continuous development of man's own strength,the modern productivity,as the result of the objectification of man's own strength,is constantly moving forward.But at the same time,modern productivity also brings a series of modernity problems:periodic economic crisis;the dual opposition between urban and rural areas and the widening gap between rich and poor caused by unbalanced development;the alienation of science and technology brought by technological rulers;and the ecological and environmental problems brought about by capitalists' one-sided pursuit of economic benefits and diversified ideologies.The fundamental task of socialism is to liberate and develop the productive forces.China's second centenary goal is to become a great modern socialist country that is prosperous,strong,democratic,culturally advanced,harmonious and beautiful by the middle of this century.The study of the historical evolution of modern productivity provides important theoretical and practical values for China to continue to vigorously develop productive forces,realize the second centenary goal,and solve the problem of modernity.