Research On Marx's Poverty Theory And Contemporary Value

The formation of Marx's poverty theory has gone through a long process.The poverty view of Adam Smith,Malthus,David Ricardo,Sismondi,Saint Simon,Fourier,Erwin and other classical political economists and utopian socialists is his ideological source.The rapid development of capitalism has brought about serious social problems,and the increasing poverty of the proletariat has become the social foundation.The formation and development of Marx's poverty theory has gone through three stages: preliminary exploration,basic formation and mature perfection.The main contents include the connotation and characteristics of proletarian poverty,the absolute and relative poverty of the proletariat and its manifestations,the material and spiritual poverty of the proletariat and its manifestations.Proletarian poverty is caused not only by the existence of private ownership of capitalist means of production,but also by the primitive accumulation of capital,unemployment caused by the capitalist economic crisis,population pressure and natural geographical environment.Eliminating capitalist private ownership is the fundamental way to eliminate the poverty of the proletariat.The ultimate goal of the proletariat is to establish a free human association and realize the free and all-round development of human beings.The essence of Marx's poverty theory comes down to liberating the proletariat from all kinds of dehumanization in capitalist society,which is full of humanistic feelings.Marx's poverty theory has analyzed the poverty phenomenon of the proletariat in capitalist society,it provided a theoretical basis for us to analyze and understand the current situation of poverty in capitalist society in the contemporary era,provided theoretical guidance for China's correct understanding and analysis of poverty,and also provided path and direction guidance for China's effective solution to poverty,provided important guidance for China to promote the organic linkage between poverty reduction and poverty alleviation and human rights protection.