Engels’ View Of Equality And Its Contemporary Value

The value of equality is always accompanied by the development of the whole human society.After entering the class society,with the emergence of private ownership,exploitation and oppression caused the inequality among people.The background of the formation and development of Engels’ s view of equality is the intensification of the basic contradictions in capitalist society,the antagonism and struggle between the two classes and the influence of utopian socialists on his view of equality.The formation and development of Engels’ view of equality is a process.In the embryonic period,Engels realized that all inequality originates from private ownership.In the formative period,he put forward that the proletariat is the class power to overthrow private ownership and realize equality.The main contents of equality include: equality is historical,is a reflection of a certain economic relationship,the realization of equality will eventually eliminate the class.Equality mainly includes economic equality,political equality,cultural equality and social equality.The importance of equality includes: equality is the premise to realize democracy,equality is the basis to maintain justice,equality is the weapon to eliminate class and equality is the power to promote human development.Economic,political,cultural,social and other factors are the main factors affecting the realization of equality.The degree of realization of equality is different in different social systems.The socialist society is the primary stage of realization of equality,and the communist society is the advanced stage.Engels emphasized that authority is formed along with social class,and is the inevitable product of social development to a certain extent.The two are dialectical and unified to achieve equality and maintain authority.Engels’ view of equality is a developing theoretical system,we can not take the view of equality as a dogma,but should be combined with the content of The Times to update.Engels’ concept of equality,based on social reality,surpasses the utopian socialist idea of equality,and provides a certain theoretical basis for the concept of equality between men and women,the concept of "two safeguards" and the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.We should use theory to guide practice and constantly promote the development of the cause of equality.At present,our country have made great development on the implementation of the equality,but we also cannot ignore,because social productivity is not enough developed caused by inequality,such as gender differences in economic status,how to practice the socialist core values,strengthen the practical problems such as "two maintenance" is still worth us probe.Therefore,an in-depth study of Engels’ s view of equality is of great significance for us to better understand the Marxist view of equality and to solve the problems of contemporary social inequality.