A Study Of Marx And Engels's View Of State And Its Contemporary Significance

The national view,which mainly includes the origin,essence,function,ideology and extinction of country,as well as the relationship between man and country,society and country,is a fundamental view about country.On the basis of criticizing predecessors' research achievements,Marx and Engels created a distinct and systematic theory of the national view.The national view of Marx and Engels revealed the roots of the country's social material life,pointed out that the formation of the country was related to the formation of public power in a certain stage of the development of the social division of labor,and analyzed that how modern countries with abstract universality had became ones with more and more class nature during the historical evolution of the country's development and formation.More importantly,from the respective of the height of truly social democracy and the universal liberation of man and on the basis of social and historical analysis and economic analysis.At then,country would wither away,humanity would achieve universal liberation and human self-management.Marx and Engels' national view profoundly reflects the intrinsic complex links between the country,economy,and society.With the continuous development of the socialist modernization construction with Chinese characteristics in the new era,as well as the development of economic globalization and the acceleration of political multi-polarization,how to deal with international relations has become China's focus in the new stage of opportunity and development.In the ideological field,the influx of Western thoughts has had a tremendous impact on the national identity and patriotism of Chinese citizens.In terms of national governance capabilities,social conflicts have become increasingly prominent,government functions are in urgent need of change,and a series of problems such as the deteriorating ecological environment are also testing our governance capabilities.Facing the new circumstance,there are many issues to be solved.For example,how does China conduct country construction? How to deal with diplomatic relations with powerful countries? How to speed up the process of modernization of national governance? How to speed up the process of modernization of national governance? To solve this series of national issues requires us to have clear understanding of the national view,especially the systematic study of the national view of Marx and Engels,and then to find the contemporary value of national view of Marx and Engels.Based on the examination of research of the Marx and Engels' national view at home and abroad,this paper systematically discusses Marx's national view and its contemporary values.The first part of this paper is the origin of the formation and development of Marx and Engels' national view.It expounds the direct theoretical resources of Marx and Engels' national view——the thoughts and theory about country of Hegel,as well as of Classical Liberalism and Utopian Socialism,and it discusses the development trajectory of Marx and Engels' national view from budding to maturity.The second part is the basic content of the Marx and Engels' national theory.It studies major contents of the Marx and Engels' national view such as the origin of country,the essence of country,the functions of country and the demise of country through sorting out Marx and Engels' criticism and inheritance of previous national thoughts,and thus makes overall understanding of the Marx's national view.The third part is the contemporary values of Marx and Engels' national view.Under the guidance of the national view of Marx and Engels and on the basis of the China's development in the new era,this paper proposes the following points: to make reasonable adjustment of the relationship between country and society to achieve an organic unity;to insist on the core principles and values of national governance with people-centered and the all-round development of human beings;to enhance the country's national identity by using Marx's national view under the background of globalization.