Analyze The Marxist Cohen's Research On Equality

The representative of Analyzing Marxism G.A.Cohen has studied the equality theory most thoroughly and has the most extensive influence in the theoretical field of contemporary Western Marxism.Cohen engaged in the research of historical materialism in his early years and turned to political philosophy later.From the perspective of Marxism,he chose the theoretical paradigm of analytic philosophy,criticized the liberal theory of justice,and advocated egalitarian socialism.At the same time,Cohen represented a new perspective of foreign Marxists on the issue of equality by rethinking the representative of Western political philosophy such as Rawls,Nozick,and Amartya Sen.This played a huge role in promoting the improvement of Marxist political philosophy.Not only did it open up a new path of analysis of Marxism,but also built a rare socialist discourse platform for the world liberal jungle.The first chapter of this article firstly introduces the background of the emergence and development of the contemporary western of equality theory:from the evolution of the western equality issue to the decline of political philosophy in the 19th century,and then to the revival of political philosophy in the 1970s,which laid the foundation of Cohen's political philosophy.Then,after describing the revival of political philosophy,a general picture of contemporary Western equality issues has formed a tripartite situation:one is the left-wing liberal egalitarianism represented by Rawls and Dworkin,and the other is Nozick's The egalitarianism of representative-ism.The last one is the socialist egalitarianism represented by Cohen.They have put forward their own equality theory based on what kind of equality should be pursued.The second chapter mainly explains and shows his socialist equality view by introducing the basic content of Cohen's view of equality,including the principle of self-criticism,the recognition of the compatibility of freedom and equality,and the promotion of "Equality Of Access To Advantage".Then I expounded Cohen's criticism and reconstruction of the Marxist conception of equality.He pointed out the insufficiency of the Marxist theory of equality and the huge differences between them,and reconstructed the Marxist concept of equality in the process of criticizing Marxist theory.Since the construction of Cohen's concept of equality is based on the criticism of other people's views,the third chapter mainly discusses the dispute between Cohen and the Western liberal concept of equality.The main objects of the debate include Rawls,Nozick and Amartya Sen.In the process of arguing with them,Cohen systematically expressed his own view of equality.The fourth chapter is mainly to make a judgment on Cohen's view of equality.First of all,based on Marx's perspective,a critical interpretation of Cohen,when he criticized Marx's concept of equality,there is a certain degree of misreading of Marx,but at the same time,Cohen's concept of equality originated from Marx and expanded Marx.It has considerable significance both in theory and in reality.Cohen's concept of equality provides a theoretical basis for the construction of socialist equality,and at the same time provides useful ideas for grasping the orientation of contemporary socialism and for solving profound and complex issues of fairness and justice for today's China.It also has certain enlightening effect for the construction and improvement of a harmonious society in China.