The Machine Thought Of Marx And Engels And Its Contemporary Enlightenment

With the continuous development of the industrial revolution,the machine as the most important product of the industrial revolution is also constantly updated.Whether in the 19 th century,when Marx and Engels lived,or in today’s fourth Industrial Revolution,machine and machine system have always been an indispensable tool of production in social production and human life,and the material basis for the realization of liberation and free and comprehensive development of human beings.Today,as Socialism with Chinese characteristics marches into a new era and strives to build a modern socialist country,scientific and technological revolution has become an important way to enhance national strength and international status,and the development and application of machines is an important part of the scientific and technological revolution.In order to solve the problems and contradictions caused by the application of machines in today’s scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution,it is necessary for us to return to the machine thought of Marx and Engels,deeply understand the dialectical relationship between machines and nature,society and human beings discussed by Marx and Engels,and seek enlightenment for the development of China now and even in the future.In addition to the introduction,this paper mainly includes three parts:The first part discusses in detail the social background and theoretical source of the formation of Marx and Engels’ machine thought.The machine thought of Marx and Engels came into being under the background that the capitalist system promoted the development of productive forces,the arrival of industrial revolution and the continuous progress of science and technology,which made the machine gradually occupy a dominant position in the social and economic development,and a series of social contradictions were caused by the capitalization of the machine by capitalists.At the same time,Marx and Engels criticized and absorbed the essence of The German classical philosophy,the British classical political economy and the British and French utopian socialist thought,as well as other economists on science and technology,fully demonstrated the rationality and scientific nature of Marx and Engels’ machine thought.The second part focuses on the content of Marx and Engels’ machine thought.Firstly,it discusses Marx and Engels’ general understanding of machine.Secondly,it discusses the civilization and paradox of "the capitalist application of machine",which brings us important enlightenment from this part.Finally,Marx and Engels predicted the future trend of machine development,indicating that machine development will promote the realization of communism.The third part discusses the contemporary enlightenment of Marx and Engels machine thought,in today’s intelligent machines can still for us to correctly understand and avoid the disadvantages of "application of capitalism in the machine" provide certain guidance,for our of the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics,unswervingly adhere to the public ownership provides a more powerful confidence and motivation.