Marx's Critical Study Of The Community

Based on the concept of "civil society",Marx found that from ancient Greece to the middle Ages,the state and civil society were in the original same state.With the awakening of modern people's rational consciousness and the development of productive forces,the restrictions of blood relationship and geography were gradually broken down,and the civil society itself was divided into the public sphere represented by the state and the private sphere represented by the individuals.Influenced by Hegel's idealism,Marx's early thoughts adhered to the rationalist view of state.However,he encountered the problem of material interests during the Rhine Newspaper period,and thus he began to reflect on the "state" form itself of Hegel's rational idealism.Through the analysis of the state and the law,Marx proposed the theory that "the civil society decides the state",which is contrary to Hegel's theory that "the state decides the civil society".Then Marx led the criticism of the form of state and law into the interior of the civil society.In the historical process of examining the division of civil society,Marx deeply studied the community forms from ancient times to the present,and analyzed the relationship between individuals and the community under these forms from the horizon of historical criticism.Finally,Marx believed that only "the union of free men" could truly realize the freedom and comprehensive development of individuals.Through the comparison with the two basic paradigms of liberalism and communitarianism in contemporary western political theory construction,we can see the profoundness of Marx's thought of community and it,and guided by it,it is the task entrusted to us by the times to construct a community with a shared future for mankind.