Research On Marxist Theory Of Ideology And Contemporary Significance

Francis Bacon raised a theory of the Four Idols.During the period of French Revolution,Destutt de Tracy put forward the concept of ideology for the first time.In the book of Die Deutsche Ideologie discovering the basic law of social development of human beings and founding historical materialism maturely,Marx and Engles criticized the illusory ideology of the Young Hegelians and elucidated the ideological theory in their correspondence and article in later life.The theory is characterized by criticalness,practicalness and class nature.As the idealistic superstructure,ideology plays an instructional dicisive role in establishment of political superstructure and economic foundation.In theory,the ideology has relative independence and controls mind of the masses.In practice,the ideology has an influence on the productive relations and social institutions.The Marxist ideological theory is developed by the later proletarian revolutionists.Lenin stressed the class nature of ideology.There is no ideology above class.It's vital that instilling a belief in communism to the masses for ideological education.Then,culture was seemed as a platform of expression of ideology by Mao Zedong,he also thought that a new country not only have a new look in economic and politics but also culture.Deng Xiaoping put the ideological education in an eminent position.He indicated that the lack of ideological and political education had been the biggest mistake over the past ten years.Furthermore,it contributes to defense of state security that strengthening the dominant right and speaking right in the field of ideological construction.The article is divided into five chapters to study the development of the theory in detail with the purpose of providing China's ideological construction with theoretical reference in the new era.The first chapter expounds the background and significance of the research.The second chapter retrospects the theoretical source in regard to the ideological theory of Marx and Engles.The third chapter discusses the theory of content.The fourth chapter illuminates the contemporary evolution and its significance.The fifth chapter summarizes the full text.