A Comparative Research Of Social Managenment Thoughts Between Marx And Dewey

Marx’s social management thoughts are from the discussion of the relationship between society and the country.He inherits the Civil Society,but points out defects of the Rational state view from Hegel.Marx illustrates the theory base of social management——the historical materialism that citizen society determines politics-run country.From the point of the relationship between society and the country,Marx emphasizes that the country should as social management’s subject at present and the people-oriented thoughts is the fundamental principle of social management.The ultimate goal of Marx’s social management thoughts is realizing “the combo of free man”.Although Dewey is affected form Hegelianism at early stage,on the base of the social reality in American,he breaks various tendencies of metaphysics idealist completely and turns to his own pragmatism that established on the neo-liberalism and the experimental inquiry.Dewey points out that the point of philosophy should return to human beings,advocates“the democratic style” as the core content of social management thoughts is described and the“human-based foundation” as the basis of social management,to attain the “democratic community”,Based on the Marx’s social management thoughts and Dewey’s,outlining their commonness and differences.The common ground of them is that the community interest as social management’s subject and object,and realize the individual’s freedom and equality as social management’s value direction.Their differences as follows: Marx point out the essential connotation of community is the unity of universality and particularity in the social relations of production,while Dewey thinks that is the combination of individual intellect;Marx thinks that the key to the content of social reform is to clear the property relationship of bourgeois private ownership,while Dewey emphasizes the restoration of moral feeling between individuals and society;Marx believes that the form of social change should be social revolution,while Dewey insists on promoting social change with reformism.To grasp the social management thoughts of Marx and Dewey,the real essence lies in grasping the theoretical core of Marx and Dewey’s social management thoughts,and to provide theoretical guidance and reference for realizing the transformation of social management to social governance and social governance innovation in China.Specifically,we must adhere to the "people-oriented" concept to lead the modernization of social governance in China;Perfect mechanisms of social communication to improve the multi-subjects social governance system;Pay attention to the characteristics of the era of globalization,seek the mankind "common interests" of the world,and it is more beneficial to build the "destiny of mankind community",to form a new model of global governance.